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...moment of triumph for Premier Menachem Begin, but the struggle had clearly taken some toll of the doughty old Zionist warrior. At 3:33 a.m. last Thursday Knesset Speaker Yitzhak Shamir announced the results of a roll call vote on a resolution approving the Camp David peace accords: 84 yes, 19 no, 17 abstentions. His tie uncharacteristically askew, a jubilant but obviously exhausted Begin embraced Deputy Premier Yigael Yadin and two of his key aides, Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Defense Minister Ezer Weizman. Next day Begin-who has a history of heart trouble-was taken to a Jerusalem hospital...
Even as the Knesset started its deliberations, direct communications between Jerusalem and Cairo were quietly restored; they had been cut off last July by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat because of his frustration over the then deadlocked peace discussions. This week, at the end of the two-day Jewish New Year celebrations, Israeli negotiators will fly to Cairo to discuss where, when and how the negotiations will be carried out. The Egyptians want to hold them at Ismailia, the Suez Canal town where Begin paid a call on Sadat last December, following Sadat's historic trip to Jerusalem...
There is also no point in debating over whether or not the agreement constituted a "seperate peace" between Egypt and Israel. It clearly was just that; and the Sinai agreement ratified last week by the Israeli Knesset marked a remarkable step toward ending hostilities between the two countries. To be realistic, moreover, that is really all that could be expected. It is inconceivable that the Begin government, or any other Israeli government, would have accepted any agreement that did not include a seperate peace, since Israel views the diffusion of Egypt as a military threat as essential to its primary...
...were established by the previous government as a buffer zone so that the Gaza Strip has its peace and we have our peace. But for President Sadat it is an issue in which he says, "I can't." So now a decision will have to be taken by the Knesset. We have to obey parliament...
...quite serious. Some of my best friends, my most beloved friends, are against this policy. I think they will vote against it in the Knesset. They also criticize the agreement, even in very sharp language. They criticize me, of course. It is their perfect right to do so. The Frenchmen have a philosophical expression, c 'est la vie, such is life...