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FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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This Central Intelligence Agency compilation of Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) material collects Israeli radio and press coverage of the Middle East peace talks from September 1978. It includes Prime Minister Begin's address to the nation before the Camp David summit and his airport statement on departure. It also contains opposition and Peace Now reactions, an interview with Moshe Arens and Hayyim Bar-Lev, parts of the Knesset debate on the Camp David accords, and remarks on Yamit settlers. The document makes no mention of UFOs.

  • p. 14 …is that whatever the Knesoet decision is, Iwiuh to announce in advance that I will-aocept…
  • p. 21 …the..Sinai are concerned we were aware of the concessions in advance and of the dangers…
  • p. 63 …advance, today, in public, that the results of the negotiations should include recognition of the legiti…
  • p. 70 …advance toward peace or toward the achievement - ya. tnang d - -id that it was not the…
  • p. 73 …in advance. - -ow is this night diferent from all the nights, from all the days, from…
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they: are helping me but by helping me they are disturbins e e ecmltsentence, Shimnon you shall speak afterwardare do me. Let me compt aardonI be allowred to explain. I do not object. I am only asking that
You put a general term: With all it
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to th edman e ing here as well as on myself--is that it be clear thatowithirespect
negotiating on a promised othing at Camp David. We could, already tomorrow, beginjustotej on adpeace treaty, so please do not blur, do not detract and do not add,
,just vote onla decision saying distinctly and with pain--tho hwihaecgtono-he truth--what we requested, and later eah itpin-ough with a recognition of
tecu r ut ~ w a we r q e t n a e we shall discuss in the Foreign Affairs andurity Committee all the other aspects. Please, T' Peres.
[Peres] First of all, our draftsaysas pre ent d b the prim ° nister at the Knesset,
[Begin] These are still general terms, saying nothing,
[Peresa Excuse me, Secondly, we shall--at least a majority amor.oposal s presented by the prime minister, t US--vote the
SBegin] Very nice.
- Peres] We are not shirking- The national cause precedes the partisan calculation.-
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.eres] We said clearly and definitely, both in the
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" e in favo Sh tihe ca in So, thanj~lthe opposition very much for being prepared toa-vorhe th c s '-'-" This would constitute aThisis a bi gea degree of unityI ask, and r oa the h iuse n D g night in Israel, and I thank you -ausill testisay ain, Seeii. Dayan, 'Ezer and I were at Camp David;the threed
thi-~," ng here--that if t p vd;te hesf fe that the negotittions ct in hngs are not clear-cut, there is
e>-. fea tha th igtit 0 could not begin. Therefore, let us accept our draft'-cution i.t I assure you: that with respect to the last setle us yourpt ou draflcus it i_- te Foreign Affairs and Security tence of yours, we shallSAft Com,-ittee wnat more can one promise?.

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