Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spirit of Jerusalem" has disappeared; the Peace Initiative launched by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat when he made his historic trip to Jerusalem last November has all but failed. The tragedy is that it very nearly succeeded...
During the next four months, Dayan flew incognito to many Muslim countries. He met at least twice with Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian officials and three times with King Hassan II of Morocco. He also met twice with the Shah of Iran, who had taken an active role in trying to encourage a Middle East settlement...
Libya on July 19, 1977, thereby setting off the brief border war in which a training camp at Oasis Giarabub near the Egyptian border was destroyed...
Sadat quickly signaled his appreciation for Jerusalem's warning. On July 14, he had declared that Egypt would not establish diplomatic relations with Jerusalem for at least five years after a peace treaty was signed. Two days later, after Egyptian intelligence had confirmed that the Israeli information was correct, he announced: "Egypt is ready to sign a peace treaty with Israel that will guarantee Israel her place in the area." It was a momentous change, perhaps the first step toward his trip to Jerusalem four months later...
...their summit meeting near Rabat, Hassan urged Rabin to begin by meeting quietly with the Saudis, who bankroll the Egyptian economy. With Rabin's approval, Hassan then proceeded to arrange a rendezvous in Morocco between the Israeli Premier and Saudi Arabia's influential Crown Prince Fahd. Fahd agreed to the meeting, but a week before it was to take place, in early 1977, the Saudis canceled it without explanation...