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...love soured and he had her beheaded. Last week the Foreign Ministers of Egypt and Israel sat down at Leeds Castle to try to weave together what was left of the frayed threads of the Middle East peace initiative. The two days of talks between Israel's Moshe Dayan and Egypt's Mohammed Ibrahim Kamel were presided over by U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who had arranged the meeting in the hope that something might come of getting the parties face to face once again...
...With some justice, they believe that Sadat would much prefer to see Peres as Israel's Premier. Seeing him as a potential successor to Begin, Sadat-in this Israeli view-may be trying to hold off from re-entering serious negotiations with Begin and his Foreign Minister, Moshe Dayan...
...negotiations since talks broke off in January, agreed last week to meet each other in London later this month at a foreign ministers conference arranged by the U.S. with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance presiding. Neither side, though, was very hopeful about the outcome. Quipped Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan: "It will probably be a waste of time, but I like London. I might even see some shows I missed...
Although Begin and Dayan gave the U.S. Vice President a cordial welcome, TIME has learned that other high-ranking officials actually orchestrated several noisy "Mondale go home" demonstrations by members of the religious nationalist Gush Emunim group, which has sponsored a number of West Bank settlements. On one occasion, a police truck was used to transport demonstrators to different spots along the Vice President's route, where the noise from shouting and horn honking frequently drowned out Mondale's conversations with his hosts. Said one high-ranking source about the demonstrators: "The orders to let them through...
...talks with Mondale, both Begin and Dayan expressed deep pessimism about the London meeting. Sadat was equally gloomy, but he nonetheless agreed to send Foreign Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Kamal in the hope that somehow his Jerusalem initiative might be revived. If the Israelis show interest in accepting the basic principle of Sadat's plan-custody of the West Bank to Jordan, Gaza to Egypt-then it will be viewed in Cairo as a sign of progress. In light of what the Egyptians feel is a hard line by Begin, Sadat has revised his timetable for peace. Says...