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Dates: during 1970-1979
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OSLO, Norway--menachem Begin and a representative for Anwar Sadat accepted the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize at a royal ceremony yeaterday. while 5000 Norwegians marched in protest nearby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 5000 Protest Nobel Prize Ceremony | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...President Carter and Secretary of State Vance, the two principals nudged their way reluctantly, morosely toward something that might pass for agreement. One thing that might serve to lure them closer together is the Nobel Peace Prize, which the two are due to receive on Dec. 10. But Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat were slouching toward Oslo, counting every pace and grumbling over every step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Slouching Toward Oslo | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...last week proposed another compromise peace formula. Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin should exchange letters on what Egypt's First Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Osama el Baz calls "the chronological parallelism" (euphemism for linkage) between Israel's Sinai withdrawal and preparations for self-rule in the occupied territories. In these letters the two leaders would pledge that 1) talks on autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza would begin within one month of the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, and 2) elections for local governing councils for those territories should take place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Close, Yet So Far Away | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

These are difficult days for Menachem Begin. Among his harshest critics are close comrades from his days as leader of the Irgun underground, who have not only criticized his position but branded him a traitor to the Zionist cause. Begin's performance this week may well decide the fate of the proposed treaty with Egypt. If he breaks with his chief negotiators, Dayan and Weizman, over the Israeli response to the latest proposals from Washington and Cairo, he could destroy the negotiations-and bring on a crisis for his government. If, on the other hand, he can win approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Close, Yet So Far Away | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Allah, save Jerusalem." Assembled outside Mecca last week for the beginning of the annual hajj (pilgrimage), 1.6 million Muslims prayed in fervent unison for the "liberation" of East Jerusalem, which was occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. A few days earlier, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin had given a rousing speech at an election rally in Jerusalem for local candidates of his Likud Party. He declared that a united Jerusalem was as much the capital of Israel as Washington was the capital of the U.S. "The only difference is that Washington has been a capital for 200 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: Unifying a Divided City | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

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