Betrayal At Camp David...

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By Uri Avnery

Gush Shalom
09 September, 2003

It was the first day of the Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations, after Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem. They took place at Mina House, a hotel rich in history near the Pyramids.

In front of the building, the Egyptians had hoisted the flags of all the Arab countries they had invited (none showed up, of course). On one of the poles the Palestinian flag was fluttering merrily.

I was going up the stairs, when I saw the Chief of the Israeli Security Service coming down in a great hurry. He was a bitter enemy of mine, and therefore I was rather surprised when he addressed me: "Uri, you must help me! What does the PLO flag look like?"

"It's not the PLO flag," I corrected him, "It's the Palestinian national flag." On a piece of paper, I drew its likeness.

"O my God!" he cried, "The Egyptians have hoisted this flag!"

He hurried back to the conference hall, and a few minutes later the Egyptians suddenly took down all the flags, including the Palestinian.

This little incident was symbolic of all that happened in the run-up to the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement, and especially at the central event--the (first) Camp David summit meeting of September 5, 1978.

On the 25th anniversary of that conference, which takes place this week, secret documents of that period have been published. The most interesting is the list of recommendations prepared by the State Department for President Jimmy Carter on the eve of his departure for Camp David.

http://www.countercurrents.org/pa-avnery090903.htm

[papau]

1. Excellent Article - Thanks for the post! :-) n/t

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:-)

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2. Glad you enjoyed it...

I'm a real sucker for Uri Avnery :)

Violet...

[bemildred]

3. Ditto.

[rini]

4. D. Pipes Mailing List [[e-mail]]

"This Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of Sept. 13, 1993. By now, the name "Oslo" is mud among Palestinians and Israelis.
What went wrong?

Many things, but most important was that the deal rested on a faulty Israeli premise that Palestinians had given up their hope of destroying the Jewish state. This led to the expectation that if Israel offered sufficient financial and political incentives, the Palestinians would formally recognize the Jewish state and close down the conflict.

Israelis therefore pushed themselves to make an array of concessions, in the futile hope that flexibility, restraint and generosity would win Palestinian goodwill. In fact, these steps made matters worse by sending signals of apparent demoralization and weakness. Each concession further reduced Palestinian awe of Israeli might, made Israel seem more vulnerable and incited irredentist dreams of annihilating it."

Bullies understand one thing and one thing only, force. Israel must be strong, weakness is scorned.

[aneerkoinos]

5. Crap

What happened was that an Israeli terrorist killed one man and peace with that, then the peaceloving people of Israel chose Netanyahu to torpedo the Oslo agreement for years.

Bullies like Sharon and you understand nothing.

[rini]

6. my my

what a thoughtful, literate reply, filled with facts and suggestions.

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8. Here's a suggestion...

Why don't you bother reading the Uri Avnery article instead of posting ingorant crap from the Pipes mailing list? That way you might actually learn something factual for a change. Though if sewers like that mailing list are where you 'learn' yr 'facts', it explains some of the more bizarre and clearly false claims I've seen made on this forum...

Violet...

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7. As usual...

the Palestinians get ignored by the great powers involved.