Israel set to sign
NZPA-Reuter Jerusalem President Jimmy Carter will be invited to sign an Is-raeli-Egyptian peace treaty in Jerusalem and Cairo, Israel's Prime Minister (Mr Menachem Begin) has said. Mr Begin expressed confidence that his Cabinet would vote today to accept the draft of the treaty as it stood 10 days ago. Ten days ago Israel rejected the draft. That was before Egyptian delegates , to the peace’ talks in Washington started demanding elections for selfrule on the West Bank of the Jordan and in Gaza six months after completion of the treaty. Now that Israel has made it clear that it is willing to sign the original draft. Mr Begin expects Egypt in re-
.■ turn to abandon all the Jchanges it has been lingi Among these demands was I . I the insistence on a time-, I table, the request for an! ( Egyptian police presence in I . jGaza, and a refusal to fl acknowledge that the treaty’ f would over-ride previous I , I Egyptian obligations to its j Arab neighbours. In Paris, however. Presi- , dent Ar.war Sadat, of Egypt, .; has said he will not sign a J peace treaty with Israel . | unless it is linked to a specific date for the start of! (Palestinian self-rule in the. I West Bank and Gaza Strip. ! Mr Begin said that Presiydent Carter would be invited II to sign an English text of the treaty in the capitals of •(Israel and Egypt.
■t The Israeli leader said ■ ithat President Sadat coulc icome to Jerusalem to sign the treaty in Arabic, whili Mr Begin would go to Cairo iito sign the Hebrew version. I Once the treaty is signed. >(Mr Begin has undertaken to go ahead with negotiation? ’for a solution of the Wes: Bank and Gaza Strip issues. I Mr Begin received a boos: jon Monday when the Nat,l ional Religious Party’, an imI portant partner in nis coalition Government, decided to .support an unchanged draf ' treaty. ■ The Israeli Defence Minister (Mr Ezer Weizman) ha? ■ advised the Cabinet to agre? 1 ! to the original draft and said ■!the military annex to th» Itreaty was complete.
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