Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drawn from a review of the secret diplomacy that took place immediately before Sadat's visit. From its birth in 1948, Israel had always maintained secret contacts with its Arab enemies, largely through Mossad, the intelligence service that operated as a sort of underground diplomatic corps for the Jewish state. TIME has learned that these contacts between Israel and a number of Arab states, notably Morocco, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, bolstered Sadat's confidence and set the stage for his Peace Initiative. The following narrative is based on TIME'S reporting from several of the nations involved...
...quickly developed. The Israelis were angered by Sadat's invitation to the Palestine Liberation Organization to attend the Cairo peace talks in December. The Egyptians were enraged when the Israelis, after declaring that they would recognize Egyptian sovereignty over all the Sinai, later insisted that the airbases and Jewish settlements there must remain under Israeli control...
...Catherine's. If El Arish were returned to Egyptian sovereignty, the President hinted, it could be used as the site for new peace talks. As for Mount Sinai, Sadat hoped to lay the cornerstone for an ecumenical center containing a Christian church, an Islamic mosque and a Jewish synagogue on the fifth anniversary of the October War this fall...
...further sign of his fury, Sadat then ordered home the nine-man Israeli military mission that had remained in Egypt since the military talks broke off in February. Later in the week Sadat said in a speech in Alexandria that even though Begin was a "prevaricator," he wanted all Jewish people to know that he would not give up his peace initiative...
Harvard Hillel. Jewish Coffee-House and Amateur Hour. Hillel House, 8:30 p.m. $1:00 admission...