Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first time Wynn and Neff had met and exchanged views in Israel (their previous meetings had occurred on neutral ground such as Athens and Paris), and the first time that Wynn had set foot in the Jewish state. Says Wynn: "Before the 1967 war, when East Jerusalem was in Arab hands, I used to cover the Easter and Christmas festivities there every year. Visiting the area again was a real homecoming...
...ramp, Sadat was greeted warmly by President Ephraim Katzir and Premier Menachem Begin. "Thank you," said Sadat as he shook hands. Answered Begin: "You are welcome. Thank you for coming to visit us." Never before had the Middle East witnessed such a moment?the first visit ever of an Arab leader to the Jewish state?and Israelis could scarcely believe what they were seeing. Egypt has been an implacable enemy in four bitter Arab-Israeli wars that have cost countless thousands of lives and casualties on both sides, yet there was Anwar Sadat standing solemnly at attention as a military...
...come to the Knesset, the President said, not to sign a peace treaty but to break down the "barrier of suspicion, fear, illusion and misinterpretation" that for so long has prevented the two neighbors from even talking about peace. In the strongest acknowledgment ever made by an Arab leader of Israel's right to exist, Sadat said, "You want to live with us in this part of the world. We welcome you in sincerity." Sadat promised that "we will accept all the international guarantees you might require" through the two superpowers, one superpower or a collection of powers. He admitted...
Sadat insisted that Israel could have peace with justice and security, but on conditions that few of his Knesset listeners would be likely to accept. He called on Israel to return all Arab territory occupied during the Six-Day War?including the Old City of Jerusalem?and to recognize "the core of the problem": a national homeland for the Palestinian people. "It is not fair," he insisted, "to ask for yourself what you deny to others. Even the U.S., your first and foremost ally, chose to face reality...
...verbal maneuver for public consumption." In an emotional conclusion directed to "the people of Israel," Sadat besought them to "teach your children that what has passed is the end of suffering and what will come is a new life." Said former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban, an Arab linguist, when Sadat had finished: "The speech itself was predictable. I could have written it myself. But the Middle East can never be the same again...