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Egypt and the U.S. may not be very far from the basic Israeli position. Washington and Cairo insist that the Palestinians have "legitimate rights" ?something Jerusalem has yet to accept?but neither Sadat nor Carter is enthusiastic about creating an independent state that would be politically, militarily and economically unstable. When the two leaders met last January in Aswan, Carter merely stated that the Palestinians should "participate in the determination of their own future." Sadat later approved this notion, which falls far short of self-rule. An Israeli-Egyptian compromise on this issue is therefore possible...
...level officials in Washington believe that there are a number of reasons why Sadat decided to dig in his heels. In addition to his deep personal antipathy toward Begin, Sadat has grown increasingly impatient over Israeli stalling and U.S. reluctance to put forth a plan of its own, which Cairo thinks would serve to pressure Israel into some concessions. The most important factor, however, is believed to be a new Saudi Arabian campaign for Arab unity, aimed at reconciling Sadat and Syrian President Hafez Assad, who broke with Egypt over Sadat's visit to Jerusalem last November...
...Israeli government in July 1977 to advise Egypt, Sudan and Saudi Arabia of some important information that Israeli intelligence had learned: namely, that leftist Arab extremists, trained in Libya and supported by that country's radical leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, were plotting to overthrow the moderate governments in Cairo, Khartoum and Riyadh. Acting on the information provided by Israel, those governments quickly arrested a number of the plotters. Sadat went further: he launched heavy commando raids against...
Other grievances quickly developed. The Israelis were angered by Sadat's invitation to the Palestine Liberation Organization to attend the Cairo peace talks in December. The Egyptians were enraged when the Israelis, after declaring that they would recognize Egyptian sovereignty over all the Sinai, later insisted that the airbases and Jewish settlements there must remain under Israeli control...
...would get its best lift not from subsidies or new fares but from a far more basic development: peace in the Middle East. Officials speak wistfully of being able to do away with some costly security measures, carrying tourists to both Tel Aviv and Cairo, and expanding routes to rich new markets in Arab countries...