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...This is a historic turning point," Begin had said during the intense 17-hour debate that preceded the vote. Indeed, a collective sigh of relief went up in Cairo and Washington when results of the balloting were known. Of course, obstacles remain, and key problems are unsolved, but the Jerusalem decision cleared the way for the start of Egyptian-Israeli negotiations that may well lead to a peace treaty between these neighboring enemies by Christmas...
...CAIRO--Egyptian, Israeli and American negotiators will meet in Washington October 12 to begin talks which will lead to a peace treaty, Egyptian government sources said Sunday...
...announced his historic, late Sunday-night summit agreement between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin than TIME'S correspondents were off to report on the consequences for this week's issue. Donald Neff joined Secretary of State Cyrus Vance on a flight to Jordan; Cairo Bureau Chief Wilton Wynn accompanied Sadat on his trip home; Dean Fischer interviewed Begin in New York City and then flew to Israel to await his arrival; Christopher Ogden and Laurence I. Barrett reported from Washington...
...expected to dispatch Special Ambassador Alfred Atherton to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and perhaps Syria to explain what happened in the Catoctin Mountains. It is also likely that the Administration will demonstrate its continuing commitment to Sadat. One possibility is that Carter will boost economic and military aid to Cairo, and possibly even sell Sadat 800 of the 2,000 armored personnel carriers that he has requested. By bolstering Egypt's armed forces, the U.S. hopes to enable Cairo to play a more active role in African regional affairs, such as supporting neighboring Sudan. That country's pro-Western government...
...radicals in the Middle East, however, the conservative Saudis reluctantly endorsed Sadat's participation at Camp David in the hope that any peace progress would bolster the position of the moderates. But prior to Sunday night, King Khalid & Co. were running out of patience. Said an Arab official in Cairo of the summit early last week: "It is Sadat's last hurrah...