08-05-2019, 09:49 AM
The more I study this, Sadat was not the equivalent of Nasser. In fact, in some ways, I think he sold Nasser out.
Even Jimmy Carter came to have second thoughts about this.
See Nasser would have not accepted only a partial agreement on the Middle East. And he would not have been interested in a treaty that ignored the plight of the Palestinians. Carter admitted that he should have tried for an overall agreement.
JFK and Nasser both agreed that they would not approach the Palestinian issue in Kennedy's first term. So Kennedy was trying to build his relationship with Nasser first, and in his first term, he only backed the UN proposal for Palestinian repatriation, not a two state agreement.
Even Jimmy Carter came to have second thoughts about this.
See Nasser would have not accepted only a partial agreement on the Middle East. And he would not have been interested in a treaty that ignored the plight of the Palestinians. Carter admitted that he should have tried for an overall agreement.
JFK and Nasser both agreed that they would not approach the Palestinian issue in Kennedy's first term. So Kennedy was trying to build his relationship with Nasser first, and in his first term, he only backed the UN proposal for Palestinian repatriation, not a two state agreement.