Word: arish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mountains along the Gulf of Suez. According to the Israeli interpretation of the treaty, the hand-over was completed two months ahead of schedule, a reality that should have conveyed a sense of reciprocal good will. But, compared with the jubilation that accompanied Israel's pullback from El Arish in May, the ceremony this time was perfunctory. It was also overshadowed by a series of new Middle Eastern controversies and, most of all, by new political uncertainties in Israel...
...promising start at El Arish...
...landing craft Achziv, Ashdod and Ashkelon passed Ismailia, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, in an admiral's white summer dress uniform, stood on the balcony of his holiday villa to salute them. Coming as it did only days after Israel returned the Sinai town of El Arish to Egyptian authority, the trip symbolized the determination of the two ancient enemies to make their peace treaty work...
...another emblem of that will was a mutual agreement by Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin to declare the borders between the two countries officially open. That decision was reached by the two men during a 15-min-ute private session in El Arish at a refurbished villa that only days before had been the headquarters of local Israeli water authorities. The border opening will not mean instant normalization of relations: details still need to be worked out concerning what ground rules will govern the initial visits. In return for Sadat's agreement to open borders, Begin freed...
Although not yet on "Anwar" and "Menachem" terms, Begin and Sadat appear finally to have melted the frost that until now has characterized their personal relations. In El Arish, they joked with each other to such an extent that at first they seemed oblivious to the presence of U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who in turn seemed happy to be left out. "I was delighted," he said later, "to see how their personal relations are so much better now that they can relax in each other's company." Sadat and his wife Jehan that day had marked their...