Los Angeles Herald Examiner · 11 January 1978

CP-1978-005

3 Israeli Settlements On West Bank Approved

Joel Epstein, The Associated Press, Jerusalem

Transcribed from the clipping

“JERUSALEM (AP) — The government won final approval Tuesday for three new and potentially controversial Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River. The go-ahead came one day before Egypt and Israel begin the next stage of peace negotiations… Israeli settlements — about 91 of them scattered across Arab territory captured by Israel in 1967 — are one of the key sticking points in the Egyptian-Israeli peace dialogue, begun by Egypt’s Anwar Sadat last November. President Sadat has said ‘not a single Israeli’ can remain on Arab lands after peace. Israel’s Begin is equally adamant that the settlements will stay.”

Photograph caption

Israeli-built apartment buildings, foreground and distant background, in former Jordanian territory annexed to Jerusalem by Israel after 1967 war, will be among considerations in Middle East peace talks. AP Photo.

Context added by this archive

Ninety-one settlements, counted in a wire story in 1978.

Correction to the caption this arrived with

Slide 11 captions this scan as the Houston Chronicle, 15 October 1980. It reports the foreign ministers’ conference opening in Jerusalem on 16 January and the start of Egyptian-Israeli talks, so it is the 1978 Los Angeles paper.

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"3 Israeli Settlements On West Bank Approved," Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 11 January 1978. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1978-005. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1978-005

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