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The Carter Administration and the Palestinians

Key takeaways

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Reading notes

• essor, Carter was very much a "hands-on" president. Carter was widely read and his rigorous schedule included close personal attention to written reports, briefing books,

• ver, Carter was very much an active participant in this reassessment, elicit- ing and listening to a wide variety of

• Kissinger's tendency was to view the conflict as a piece in the global Cold War puzzle, but Carter saw the problem as predominantly a regional one. The Carter administration understood and accepted the fact that a comprehensive settlement necessitated a solution to Palestinian demands for self-determination.10

• ccupied territories, but an independent Palestinian state was definitely not on his list of negot

• Although the negotiating parties have acknowledged that a verbal agree- ment regarding future Israeli settlements was reached at Camp David, they disagree over the

• ment; the failure to deal directly and clearly with this issue was one of the major failure

• more than a bit perplexing. It is probable that Carter and Sadat knew that Begin would refuse to sign an agreement calling for the freeze on new settlements; pressing the issue might well have caused the negotiation to collapse

• Carter managed to obtain a peace settlement between Israel and Egypt, but the treaty and attached agreements did not provide the means to secure Palestinian

• Carter never even mentioned the Palestinians; Sadat sidestepped the issue; and, as is perhaps superfluous to note, Begin ignored the Palestinians altogether