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...between Israel and Egypt. Last weekend, in accordance with the timetable agreed upon at Camp David, formal diplomatic relations between the two nations were established. Ambassadors will not be exchanged for another month, although both countries have already named them: Saad Mortada will represent Egypt in Tel Aviv, and Eliahu Ben Elissar will be Israel's man in Cairo. Telephone, telex and postal links were also opened, and direct air service between Tel Aviv and Cairo is set to begin soon...
...Israeli leader was obviously delighted by the warm reception accorded him in Alexandria Soon after his arrival he went to pray at the city's venerable Eliahu Hanabi Synagogue; it is the main center of worship for Alexandria's 200 or so-member Jewish community, which before the Arab-Israeli wars had numbered 40,000. Emerging from the synagogue, he was met by a throng of cheering Egyptians. To the horror of his security officials, Begin got out of his limousine to shake a few hands. Obviously moved, he later told Sadat: "I saw today the reality...
...they live on. Eventually the matter was settled by the drafting of one more supplementary letter, and the ceremony was allowed to proceed, 2½ hours behind schedule. Beneath a rapidly setting sun, Saad Afra, Egypt's Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Israel's Eliahu Ben-Elissar, Director General of the Premier's Office, formally exchanged the ratified documents, making the treaty official at last...
Describing Egypt and Israel as "two ancient lands, two very old peoples, two civilizations, two historic neighbors." Chief Israeli Delegate Eliahu Ben-Elissar told his Egyptian hosts: "We come to renew an agelong relationship...
...Israel-to Premier Begin's surprise-for discussions and perhaps fresh instructions. The Foreign Minister spent 80 minutes with Begin and three top aides: Major General Yitzhak Hoki, head of Mossad (Israel's equivalent of the CIA), Brigadier General Ephraim Poran, Begin's intelligence adviser, and Eliahu Ben-Eliassar, director-general of the Premier's office. Dayan discussed the need for alternative diplomatic approaches in case of a Geneva conference impasse. He also urged Begin to tone down all talk of new settlements, including hawkish Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon's grandiose plans to settle...