Word: egyptians
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...trip to Jerusalem. By his visit and a tough but compassionate speech to the Knesset, he had acknowledged Israel's right to exist in a way few Jews ever expected from an Arab leader. He and Premier Menachem Begin had made a mutual pledge: "No more war." The Egyptian President made it clear that this promise was a conditional one-namely that there would be no more war if Israel accepted a peace agreement that included the return of all Arab territories occupied since...
Israelis were disappointed that Sadat had not given one inch on that longstanding Arab demand. Nonetheless, they also had a strong new feeling that his trip had been so extraordinary that it was now their turn to respond in some creative way to the Egyptian President's gesture. Foreign Minister Dayan stressed repeatedly last week that Sadat had created "an hour of decision" for Israel and indeed all the Middle East. Said Dayan: "All the old concepts-proximity talks, shuttles-have fallen by the wayside and we have now been confronted with the need to decide, not just...
Agreement between Begin and Sadat about the need to prepare for Geneva was the only concrete result of the trip. At the end of the visit, Begin released a 107-word "agreed statement" with which the Egyptian President concurred; in diplomatese, the communiqué was one step below a joint statement. The declaration expressed the desire for further dialogue between the two countries; the goal was "successful negotiation leading to the signing of peace treaties in Geneva with all Arab states...
...conference at which even basic procedures would be subject to intense wrangling. At week's end Foreign Minister Dayan flew to West Germany for a scheduled round of talks with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's government. Across the Middle East, rumors rebounded that he might meet there with Egyptian diplomats-or, possibly, even go later to neutral Rumania for a conference with his Cairo counterpart, acting Foreign Minister Butros Ghali...
...difference in the Dayan-Begin approach was apparent in the private conversations that Israeli leaders had with Sadat, starting at a working lunch Sunday a few hours before the Egyptian President spoke to the Knesset. The location was the King David Hotel. Sadat, who customarily eats a late breakfast and skips lunch, sipped juice and coffee while the five other participants-Begin, Dayan, Deputy Premier Yigael Yadin, Sadat Aide Hassan Kamel and Egyptian Socialist Liberal Party Leader Mustafa Kamel Murad-ate heartily. Once pleasantries were over, Dayan was the first to talk about substance: "Let's hear what...