Shimon Peres, leader of the opposition Labor Alignment, who is scheduled to meet with President Anwar Sadat of Egypt in Vienna this Sunday, said last night that Sadat’s peace plan, announced in Cairo yesterday, was unacceptable.
Peres met privately with Premier Menachem Begin today to discuss his meeting with Sadat. Begin had raised no objections when Peres consulted with him on the matter earlier this week. But Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan said yesterday that he was strongly opposed to anyone outside the government having contact with the Egyptian leader.
Following is the official English translation of the Egyptian proposals released in Cairo yesterday after it was conveyed to Israel through the U.S.:
1) The establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East necessitates a just solution of the Palestinian question in all its aspects on the basis of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and taking into consideration the legitimate security concerns of all the parties.
2) In order to insure a peaceful and orderly transfer of authority there shall be a transitional period not exceeding five years at the end of which the Palestinian people will be able to determine their own future.
3) Talks shall take place between Egypt, Jordan, Israel and representatives of the Palestinian people with the participation of the UN with a view to agreeing upon:
A. Details of the transitional regime.
B. Timetable for the Israeli withdrawal.
C. Mutual security arrangements for all the parties concerned during and following the transitional period.
D. Modalities for the implementation of relevant UN resolutions on Palestinian refugees.
E. Other issues considered appropriate by all parties.
4) Israel shall withdraw from the West Bank (including Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip, occupied since June 1967. The Israeli withdrawal applies to the settlements established in the occupied territories.
5) The Israeli military government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip shall be abolished at the outset of the transitional period. Supervision over the administration of the West Bank shall become the responsibility of Jordan and supervision over the administration on the Gaza Strip shall become the responsibility of Egypt. Jordan and Egypt shall carry out their responsibility in cooperation with freely elected representatives of the Palestinian people who shall exercise direct authority over the administration of the West Bank and Gaza. The UN shall supervise and facilitate the Israeli withdrawal and the restoration of Arab authority.
6) Egypt and Jordan shall guarantee that the security arrangements to be agreed upon will continue to be respected in the West Bank and Gaza.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
