Premier Menachem Begin hinted today that Defense Minister Ezer Weizman may go to Cairo this week to try to renew the stalled Israeli-Egyptian peace talks. Begin, briefing the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, replied “maybe” when asked about speculation that the Defense Minister would undertake the mission, Israel Radio reported.
Begin also appeared to confirm a news report that Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan would return to Washington to continue negotiations with Administration officials after President Carter returns from his tour of Africa and South America. Informed sources told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that some progress seemed possible in the final meetings between Dayan and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Washington last week despite Vance’s pessimistic public comments.
According to the sources, Israel and the U.S. are moving slightly closer on the difficult Palestinian clause in a joint Israeli-Egyptian declaration of principles. The feeling here is, therefore, that further discussions would be helpful.
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