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...There is no magic formula. On the basic questions, nothing has changed. There'll be no deus ex machina coming up with a great plan." In fact, even a modest success is far from assured. It will depend in large part on the stern and cantankerous figure of Menachem Begin???and on whether any mixture of pressure and persuasion can induce the onetime guerrilla fighter to lessen his intransigency and make at least some concessions for the sake of a settlement. The temperamental Sadat will have to make compromises too, of course, but the Egyptians are pinning their hopes...
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...
...BEGIN???Helen Grace Carlisle? Harrison Smith...
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