Word: anwar
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...Carter had warned the Europeans that the U.S. would veto any such measure. The President was concerned that an initiative of that sort could jeopardize the Camp David peace process and cause Israel to pull out of the stalled talks on Palestinian autonomy. For the same reasons, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had also asked the Community to reconsider...
...other. It appeared that the only way to keep his government from capsizing might be to assume the Defense Ministry portfolio himself. Worst of all, the crisis further jeopardized the already stalled negotiations with Egypt over Palestinian autonomy-though at week's end there was talk of inviting Anwar Sadat to Israel for talks on the issue...
...Egypt, Weizman's resignation and the squabbling over a successor were seen as possible harbingers of early elections that could produce a more moderate Israeli government. Weizman enjoyed a close relationship with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. But he had long been recognized as a lonely voice of moderation in the Cabinet, unable to prevent Begin from pursuing the policies that the Egyptians argue have brought the Palestinian autonomy talks to a standstill...
...emotional guy," says Ezer Weizman, whose three-year career as Israel's Defense Minister has been a continuous exercise in emotion. Whether he is angrily accusing his government of not wanting peace, or embracing Anwar intensity after Israel signed a treaty with Egypt, Weizman's intensity is evident to friends and foes alike...
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat has always displayed a knack for mercurial decisions. He spun full circle last week, confounding friends and enemies alike. With the May 26 target date for an agreement on Palestinian autonomy just around the corner, Sadat abruptly suspended the talks. His reason: Israeli Premier Menachem Begin had said that security in the West Bank and Gaza "must remain exclusively in Israel's hands, and nobody else can interfere." But after a telephone talk with his friend Jimmy Carter, Sadat told the People's Assembly in Cairo on Wednesday that negotiations with Israel would resume...