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Sunday, as Sadat later reminded his Knesset listeners, was 'Id al-Adh?, an Islamic holy day that commemorates the willingness of Abraham, the patriarch and prophet revered by Jews and Muslims alike, to sacrifice his son. The visiting President began the day with prayer at Al Aqsa mosque in Old Jerusalem, the third holiest spot in Islam. Then as a gesture to Egypt's large Coptic minority, he stopped at the nearby Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which in Christian tradition sanctifies the spot where Jesus rose from the dead. With his hosts, he visited Yad Vashem, Israel's memorial...
...afternoon, Sadat mounted the rostrum of the Knesset to deliver?in Arabic?a 57-minute speech notable for its rhetorical passion. He had come to the Knesset, the President said, not to sign a peace treaty but to break down the "barrier of suspicion, fear, illusion and misinterpretation" that for so long has prevented the two neighbors from even talking about peace. In the strongest acknowledgment ever made by an Arab leader of Israel's right to exist, Sadat said, "You want to live with us in this part of the world. We welcome you in sincerity." Sadat promised that...
Sadat insisted that Israel could have peace with justice and security, but on conditions that few of his Knesset listeners would be likely to accept. He called on Israel to return all Arab territory occupied during the Six-Day War?including the Old City of Jerusalem?and to recognize "the core of the problem": a national homeland for the Palestinian people. "It is not fair," he insisted, "to ask for yourself what you deny to others. Even the U.S., your first and foremost ally, chose to face reality...
...been present at an extraordinary nationally televised address to the Egyptian parliament by President Anwar Sadat, who did not even mention the air raids that had just taken place in Lebanon. Declared Sadat: "There is no time to lose. I am ready to go to their house, to the Knesset, to discuss peace with the Israeli leaders...
...indecision, the Democratic Movement for Change, Israel's newest and third-largest political bloc (behind Likud and Labor), finally voted last week to join the government. Until now, Premier Menachem Begin's ruling Likud coalition has had a bare majority-63 seats in the 120-member Knesset; with the addition of D.M.C.'s 15 seats, it will have a far more comfortable 78-seat majority. In return, the D.M.C.'s leader, Yigael Yadin, 60, former general and world-renowned archaeologist, will become Deputy Premier, and his party will get an additional three of the government...