Word: camps
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...summit's first weekend, the participants took a respite from diplomacy when Carter, at military-buff Begin's request, organized a 3½-hour excursion to Gettysburg's Civil War battlefield, some 17 miles north of Camp David. As the group viewed monuments and century-old cannons, Carter attempted to lighten the mood by joking that the gun had a range of three miles, vs. 300 to 400 yds. for the cluster bombs that the U.S. sold to Israel after the 1973 war. Sadat and Begin somehow managed a laugh. But reporters accompanying the entourage noticed a marked lack of warmth...
...some important aspects, Sadat had arrived at Camp David hazardously isolated. He had angered the Soviets by expelling their advisers, and annoyed Arab leaders by not consulting with them before he went to Jerusalem to launch his initiative. Because of his exposed position, he could look only to the U.S. and Saudi Arabia for major support in future international maneuvers, including any talks with the Israelis...
...which has been providing about $2 billion in aid annually to Israel. But in any disagreements with an American Administration, the Israelis could always count on considerable backing from the politically powerful U.S. Jewish community. American Zionist leaders had already been told by Begin's aides that after Camp David, they "might be called upon" to undertake a "massive" public relations campaign to defend Israel's position. But even with such backing inside...
...Begin, like Sadat, preferred not to face the uncertain political and diplomatic consequences of a Camp David failure...
...Sadat can offer the two "frameworks," signed as they are by Jimmy Carter, as evidence of the benefits of working with the U.S. Sadat will point out, moreover, that years of relying on Moscow did not help the Arabs regain a single inch of land from Israel. The Camp David achievements could enhance Washington's influence in the Middle East just at a time when Moscow was beginning to exploit the situation in the general area. Now there is no chance at all of a rapprochement between Sadat and the Soviets. As a Russian in Cairo remarked: "Even if Sadat...