The Governments of Egypt and Jordan. after much delay. now offer Israel a peace treaty and recognition as a state in return for her withdrawal from occupied land. And. of course. Syria still refuses even to discuss a peace treaty with Israel. Egypt and Jordan insist. however. that the issue of the Arab refugees be settled as part of this peace package. It is this virtually unsolvable problem which has been one of the root causes of hostilities almost from the beginning. Moreover. peace treaties and recognition count for little in providing security for Israel if Egypt and Jordan should renege on their promise to assume responsibility for the border attacks and terrorism of the Palestinian guerrillas. especially in view of Syrias continued encouragement of the terrorism.
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