Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...effort to dramatize his program was that much of it had already leaked out. There had been divisions within his Administration over how tough a stand to take, and when to take it. And as a decision was being reached, final work was repeatedly delayed, first by the Egyptian-Israeli talks at Camp David, then by the frenetic end of the congressional session. Other leaks had sprung from the Administration's commendable efforts to brief key leaders in Congress, business and labor, as well as reporters, on what the program would require. The advance disclosures placed a large burden...
...Egyptian Ambassador Ashraf Ghorbal found that the Blair House aura stimulated his feelings about U.S. history, and one of Lincoln's powerful lines ran through his thoughts: "Let us have faith that right makes might...
...Camp David was over how long the Israelis had agreed to refrain from building more settlements. Carter said that the moratorium was supposed to last for five years; Begin later claimed that he had agreed to suspend the settlement-building program for only the expected three-month period of Egyptian-Israeli negotiations...
...Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Sadat chose to interpret the latest dispute as mainly an argument between Washington and Jerusalem over the timing of the Saunders mission. He was not anxious to break off negotiations, as he had done during the talks in Jerusalem last January. But on Friday the Egyptian government announced it would call its two top negotiators home from Washington for a weekend of consultations...
Alarmed that the Egyptian decision could bring the negotiations to a halt, President Carter reached Sadat that evening. Next morning, Carter related at a campaign rally for New York Governor Hugh Carey, Sadat sent word that he would let the negotiators stay in Washington. Carter acknowledged that there had been "trouble in recent hours" over the Israeli settlement issue. But once again the President had skillfully stepped in at a crucial moment and saved the talks...