Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Egyptian ambassador to the Arab League Tasheen Mohamed Basheer, on leave from his post for a year of study at Harvard's Center for International Affairs, doesn't believe in separating morality from politics...
...also wanted to explore ways in which the talks on Palestinian autonomy could be propelled into "second gear" and West Bank and Gaza Strip residents could be coaxed into joining the negotiations over their political destiny. "We don't want this to end up as just an Egyptian-Israeli agreement." Strauss told TIME Correspondent William Drozdiak. :We are committed to a comprehensive peace; the issues are on the table and the dice are rolling...
...Egyptian President talked enthusiastically about his summit with Begin and urged Strauss "not to knock the Israelis over the head." Said Strauss later: "Sadat has gone from hope and optimism to absolute certainty about the inevitability of success in the peace process. He feels we have come so far down the road that there is no longer any worry of a breakdown." The U.S. Ambassador also came away convinced that Sadat has opted for a "narrow approach" to the peace process and has abandoned the broader strategy, favored by Washington, of trying to coax Jordan and the Palestinians to join...
More than anything else, Sadat is anxious to carry out the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty without delay. This would enable him to retrieve the Sinai and its oil wells from the Israelis. He does not wish to get embroiled in any new controversies that might offer the Israelis a pretext to balk on the timetable, which now calls for the return of the areas containing the oil wells by next November. Explained an Egyptian member of the autonomy committee: "If we can establish the sense of permanence and stability we have today in the bilateral relations between Egypt and Israel...
...members of Strauss's group were warmly welcomed by Egyptian government officials and private entrepreneurs. With advanced irrigation methods at the top of their priority list, the Egyptians applauded a promise by Charles Kuhn, chairman of Wylain Inc., a Dallas manufacturer of submersible pumps, to begin exporting some of his sophisticated gear to replace the ox-drawn pulleys widely used in rural areas. Samuel Miller, vice chairman of Forest City Enterprises Inc., a Cleveland-based homebuilder that makes low-cost housing units, is considering a joint venture with Egyptian Construction Magnate Osman Ahmed Osman to help alleviate Cairo...