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...carried a message from Yasser Arafat to Menachem Begin...
...Labor talked vaguely about negotiating peace; Likud emphasized holding on to the territories. During one campaign trip this fall, 8,000 of the party faithful were bused to the Arab city of Nablus. There, standing before Joseph's tomb, Binyamin Begin, the son of former Prime Minister Menachem Begin and a rising star on the right, told the cheering crowd, "We will be here for eternity...
...That fascination began to turn a corner in 1977," Kalb said. "What sympathy there was for Israel began to fade...when Menachem Begin became the prime minister of Israel...
...Kumin became pastry chef at the Carter White House. "Politics? Who cares?" says Kumin with a shrug. "It was really a very good restaurant kitchen." He does remember, with just a pinch of vanity, that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin doted on his praline mousse during talks with the President at Camp David. In 1980 Kumin came to Country Epicure, where four years ago he helped open the school. Kumin feels the position has all the right ingredients. "I cannot take my knowledge along," he says. "So I want to leave what I know...
...prize had a more ambiguous outcome. Awarded to President Anwar el- Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel, the medal recognized the two leaders for signing a preliminary "framework for peace" at Camp David that September. Though Sadat and Begin did sign a full-fledged treaty the following March, the pact failed to bring about a close relationship between Israel and Egypt. Even the harmony between Sadat and Begin was shaky. Just days before the laureates were named, Israel announced plans to increase Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. As a result, Sadat refused...