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Now
Revealed
.. .
EUROPEAN BLUEPRINT
for
MIDEAST PEACE
by
Keith W. Stump
A secret Common Market document leaked to the press earlier this year reveals
a controversia} European proposal for settling the Arab-Israeli
conflict. The stage is being set for a dramatic fulfillment of Bible prophecy!
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N
RECENT
months,
many
of
Western
Eu-
rope's top diplo–
mats and foreign
policy makers
have privately
reached an im–
portant conclu–
Sion.
They have de–
clincd, for the
most part, to . ex–
press thcir feelings
publicly. But the
esscnce of their
thinking is clear:
The U .S. -spon–
sored Camp David
Mideast peace pro–
cess, they have con–
cludcd, is
dead.
Not simply
"stalemated," nor "stalled," nor
"sidelined" as the Western press
often puts it-but
dead!
In its place, European diplo–
mats are offering a controversia!
new alternative-"leaked" to the
press earlier this year and subse–
qucntly published.
Everything now points to
major movement on the Europcan
proposals in the months ahead.
June1July 1981
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Anwsr Ss–
dat cslls for more European
involvement in the Middle East in
sn sddress before the European
Psrliament in Luxembourg.
Camp David Collapse?
The Camp David agreemcnts
were worked out in September,
1978 by former President Carter
of the U.S., Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat and Israelí Prime
Minister Menachem
Begin. The agree–
ments established a
framework for a
comprehensive Mid–
dle East peace set–
tlement.
Most of the Arab
world, however, re–
jected the Camp Da–
vid peace process
an d subsequently
blacklisted Mr. Sa–
dat for signing a
peace treaty with
Israel.
g
Camp
David
~
brought peace be–
~
tween Israel and
~
Egypt - an enor–
~
mou s accomplish–
~
me nt. Bu t it has
i
failed to resolve the
~
all-important Pales-
tinian issue. The
emotional and highly charged
Palestinian question has moved to
center stage as the key issue in
the Arab- l s raeli dispute-and
possibly the most explosive issue
in the world today.
Thc Palestinians a re those
Arabs who are native to the territo–
ries occupied by Israel in the Six–
Day War of 1967 and to much of
the land that is now the State of
Israel. About 1.2 million Palestin-
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