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Unexpected events created by instant diplomacy no longer seemed impossible after Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. By his visit and a tough but compassionate speech to the Knesset, he had acknowledged Israel's right to exist in a way few Jews ever expected from an Arab leader. He and Premier Menachem Begin had made a mutual pledge: "No more war." The Egyptian President made it clear that this promise was a conditional one-namely that there would be no more war if Israel accepted a peace agreement that included the return of all Arab territories occupied since...
...difference in the Dayan-Begin approach was apparent in the private conversations that Israeli leaders had with Sadat, starting at a working lunch Sunday a few hours before the Egyptian President spoke to the Knesset. The location was the King David Hotel. Sadat, who customarily eats a late breakfast and skips lunch, sipped juice and coffee while the five other participants-Begin, Dayan, Deputy Premier Yigael Yadin, Sadat Aide Hassan Kamel and Egyptian Socialist Liberal Party Leader Mustafa Kamel Murad-ate heartily. Once pleasantries were over, Dayan was the first to talk about substance: "Let's hear what...
...sides met again at the King David for a larger, more formal dinner after Sadat and Begin had delivered their speeches to the Knesset. By then there was a slight chill of disappointment around the table; the Israelis were disappointed that Sadat had not offered them something new. The President and the Premier, seated side by side, conversed diffidently; Sadat finally sought Dayan's attention but discovered he was seated on the one-eyed Foreign Minister's blind side. In friendly fashion, Sadat literally turned Dayan around to face him. They started a new conversation about continuing lines...
...permanent that gap was. As for being in an "impossible position," that phrase was less applicable to Egypt than to the P.L.O., whose panicky leaders last week worried whether they might end up as the losers in the new Middle East diplomatic moves. Although Sadat spoke forthrightly to the Knesset about Palestinian rights to a homeland, never once did he mention the P.L.O.-which Arab leaders, at their 1974 Rabat summit, had designated as the sole legitimate representative ofthe Palestinian people...
...coup, the network began seeking agreement from Begin and Sadat for an unprecedented televised dialogue, during which an invitation could be made and accepted directly. When ABC Correspondent Peter Jennings in Cairo broached the idea to Sadat during an untelevised discussion Monday, Sadat said he would go before the Knesset, if formally invited. That night ABC news showed Jennings paraphrasing his talk with Sadat, and then cut to a taped interview with Begin, who offered Sadat a verbal invitation. "Cronkite took credit for breaking the log jam," groused ABC News and Sports President Roone Arledge. "We talked to Sadat first...