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During the talks, Egypt's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Butros Ghali, complained bitterly in several interviews that time was running out on the autonomy problems. When Begin expressed irritation at these heavyhanded warnings, Sadat was quick to assure him that he was not orchestrating a "good cop, bad cop" approach to the summit. In an effort to end the stalemate, Sadat offered a new two-part proposal: an overall agreement on autonomy for the occupied territories, which would be first put into effect in Gaza. The 146-sq.-mi. strip along the Mediterranean was under Egyptian administration...
...Muzorewa government in Zimbabwe Rhodesia and the white rulers of South Africa. Perhaps the worst punishment was reserved for Egypt, which Castro had excoriated in his keynote speech for "betraying the Arab cause" by signing the Camp David accord. When Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Butros Ghali vainly sought to defend his government, he was met by a flood of invective from the other Arab delegations. Even Jordan's King Hussein joined with his old adversary, Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, in lambasting Anwar Sadat's "unilateral dealing with Israel...
...Cairo this week, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Boutros Ghali will begin negotiating details of the border opening. For normalization to take full effect, Egypt's new People's Assembly, to be elected this month, must revoke 30 years of legislation that made it a crime for Egyptians to deal with Israelis. Sadat's aides are convinced normalization of relations is their trump card in the next stage of talks, on autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza. Says one Egyptian diplomat: "If we make significant progress...
...revolving-door occupancy of Egypt's Foreign Minis try. reporters Fahmy began the shuffle by resigning abruptly in November 1977 after learning of Sadat's decision to visit Jerusalem. His deputy and successor, Mohammed Riad, bowed out only a few hours later. Riad's replacement, Boutros Ghali, cautiously named only acting Foreign Minister, gave way to Mohammed Kamel but took over once more in October of last year after Kamel resigned in protest at the results of the Camp David conference...
...West Bank over the next four years, but when members of Gush Emunim, the fanatical religious organization, tried to found two illegal settlements on the hills above Jerusalem last week, soldiers quickly evicted them. Many officials grumbled over a statement by Egypt's Acting Foreign Minister Boutros Ghali that "a political confrontation will occur during negotiations to define the powers of a Palestinian regime." Though this has been implicit in the Egyptian position all along, Israeli officials chose to interpret it as a raising of the ante. "If that's what the Egyptians are seeking," said one, "this...