Blowing Off the NYTimes & TIME

We believe that the first step toward peace should be negotiations, direct negotiations between Israel and the Arab states, leading to a peace treaty. Our later actions will flow from that peace treaty. We are not prepared to negotiate with the New York Times or Time Magazine, in the sense of publicly saying how much we will give in advance of negotiations. We will negotiate with the parties concerned.

Shmuel Katz
June 10, 1977

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