HIST 294 Lecture 14: Week 7 Wednesday: Camp David, the First Lebanese War, and Intifada
24 Aug 2016
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Jan 1974 > sinai i: retreat of israeli forces from the east bank of the suez canal and 20 miles east of the canal into sinai. Cease re agreement between israel and syrian in may 1974. Israel allowed un disengagement observer forces to be stationed in a buffer zone between israeli and syrian forces. Kissinger: it was important to get another arab state to sing a cease re agreement along egypt to allow egypt to move forward on normalizing relations with israel. Step-by-step approach to the arab israeli con ict. Ford wanted to convene a conference in geneva that would lead to a comprehensive peace agreement: there were several obstacles: disagreement within the administration over the role of the ussr. Resented by kissinger: differences among the arab states. No agreement among arab states of how to proceed > some wanted one uni ed group, some groups wanted no negotiations with israel at all: israeli opposition to an international peace conference.
