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Amin's answer, in essence, was that Egyptians could hardly be anti-Semitic since they are themselves Semites. One political cartoon in the influential al Ahram pointedly advised Begin: "Don't make excuses. We are not antiSemitic. We are anti-you." The affair became slightly farcical when the Cairo press fell to speculating over whether the Egyptians were not in fact an older and purer strain of the Semitic family than the Israelis. Then Sadat announced that he had no objection to observing "a quiet period" after so much angry rhetoric; the anti-Israeli press campaign ended almost...
Sadat's astonishing voyage to the heartland of his enemy sent commentators groping for comparisons, and their choices helped put some measure on the rarity of the event. Cairo's leading newspaper, al-Ahram, judged the meeting of Sadat and Begin?the one a devout Muslim, the other a deeply religious Jew?to be the most important of its kind since the Prophet Mohammad made a covenant with the Jews of Medina 1,355 years ago. Some religious Jews even saw the Sadat-Begin meeting foreshadowed in the Torah text for the Sabbath (Vayishlach) to be read at prayer services...
These twin projections of Soviet influence reaching northward alarm the Arab states situated above black Africa. "Angola yesterday, Zaire today, Sudan tomorrow," worries the prestigious Cairo daily al Ahram. What troubles the Arabs particularly is that if the Soviets can pull both Ethiopia and Somalia firmly into their orbit, they may successfully create an axis of influence along the African Horn that in time of crisis could give them control of the Bab el Mandeb Strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden...
SADAT'S JOURNEY IS A SUCCESS, trumpeted Cairo's al Ahram. A predictable reaction for a government-controlled paper, to be sure. But true enough, for the host as well as his guest...
...could operate with 500 people are burdened with 2,000. When Sadat decreed an end to censorship of newspapers soon after he became President, he was not lauded as a liberalizer-far from it. A delegation of censors trooped before the publisher of Cairo's leading newspaper, al Ahram, and complained: "You pretend to defend the common people, but here you are trying to deprive us of our jobs." Inflation is currently running at a 20% annual rate, which forced Sadat to give a 30% cost of living bonus to low-salaried state employees...