Word: jerusalem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Correspondent David Halevy, an eleven-year veteran of TIME'S Jerusalem bureau, was also in Washington, and he too flew back to his old beat. Since the visit of President Sadat to Jerusalem 16 months ago, the native Israeli has reported on negotiations not only in his country, but in Cairo and Ismailia as well...
...read one of the hand-painted signs that were held above the cheering crowd lining the streets of Cairo. Some of the others called him Kartir, Caytar, and Cahtah. Many of them said PEACE, and some said, in honor of his own faith, WE BELIEVE IN GOD. And in Jerusalem it was much the same: WELCOME, SHALOM, and PEACE...
...White House meeting with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, he had no advance assurance that his trip would not lead to an embarrassing failure. It thus entailed major political risks, both for the nations involved and for Carter personally. If he had to return home without having brought Cairo and Jerusalem substantially closer to agreement, he could be criticized for unwisely raising expectations, for wasting U.S. influence, and for improvising showy moves without any serious plan behind them. Said a Washington-based European diplomat: "It is extremely risky; to Europeans it seems even a little bit crazy. There is no fallback...
...Sunday night, after 6½ hours of talks in Jerusalem with Begin and senior members of his cabinet, the payoff on Carter's gamble was still in doubt. "A treaty is within our grasp," the President had told Egypt's parliament Saturday. Sadat agreed, saying that "we have had a very fruitful talk." But both leaders cautioned that some issues remained unresolved as Carter headed for Israel. Arriving there just as the Jewish Sabbath was ending, he was greeted at Ben-Gurion Airport by President Itzhak Navon and Premier Begin, who gave him a warm embrace. Said Carter: "I have good...
...change Washington's mood was one reason for Carter's sudden decision to head for the Middle East. Having been stung by his decline in the opinion polls, Carter was reaching for a dramatic foreign venture. By going to Cairo and Jerusalem on short notice, he might satisfy those critics who have been clamoring for him to "do something somewhere...