Any Palestinian body which honestly accepts the existence of Israel and which is willing to co-exist with Israel and cooperate with it is a constructive factor, Foreign Minister Yigal Allon said in an interview published Friday in “Haaretz.”
Allon said this in answering a question on whether the Palestine Liberation Organization, if it recognized the existence of Israel, would become a constructive Palestinian factor which could be negotiated with. Allon added, however, that he did not believe that the PLO could become such a factor, and said that it was really a hypothetical question.
Referring to Jordan, Allon said that if the PLO took over Jordan or if Jordan formed a union with Syria, Israel would have to reconsider “Jordan’s place regarding the future of the West Bank.” As to Egypt, Allon said that there was room for another interim agreement with that country on the condition that it would be a last interim agreement before final normalization of relations between Israel and Egypt.
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