May 24, 1977 (vol. 87, iss. 15) • Page Image 4
… Arab hardliners - called rejection- ists. And the biggest losers - bigger than the leaders of Is- rael's defeated Labor Party - may have been the moderate Arah powers who have staked their prestige on…
… fifth Arab-Israeli wat became inevitable. "All this talk of a- Geneva conference does is raise false hopes," the leider of the Pal- estine Liberation Organization (PLO> , Yasser Arafat, remark- ed early…
…-wing Likud Party's victory has changed all that. The Israeli electorate has not only voted into power a gov- ernment even less likely than its predecessor to negotiate a peace acceptable to the Arabs. It has…
… greatly strengthened the militant side of the Arab debate over how to deal with Israel's decade-long occupation of Arab territories and continued oppo- sition to the establishment of a Palestinian homeland…
…. The Israeli voters, in fact, may even have elected a gov- ernment that will alienate its foremost ally, the United States. Just as Israel's Arab neigh- bors are eager, for the first time in history, for…
… a res- olution unlikely, and Arab con- ciliation just encourages Israel to retain its conquests forever. Only mutual concessions can bring peace, Arafat believes. Even Israeli peace proposals that…
… have incurred major oppo- sition inside Israel itself, PLO leaders contend, offer the Arabs little except permanent Israeli annexation of its most important 1967 conquests. In response, moderate leaders…
… wipe out the guerrilla bases within its neighbors' borders. Israel's new Begin govern- ment faces a crucial dilemma. Will it offer some hope of peace- ful negotiation, thus cultivating Arab moderation…

















































