Word: mortada
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...some problems remain we closed the cycle of hostility, opening the chapter of blooming peace." So ended President Yitzhak Navon's welcoming speech to Saad Mortada, 57, Egypt's first Ambassador to Israel. A mood of lighthearted camaraderie followed the formal red-carpet ceremony as the two men joked and chatted together in Arabic. Before they parted company, hearty salvos of laughter were echoing through the main hall of Navon's official residence in Jerusalem. Mortada was so besieged with requests for interviews and invitations to dinner that he asked, "Does every new ambassador get this treatment...
...uncertain phase in the changing relationship between Israel and Egypt. Last weekend, in accordance with the timetable agreed upon at Camp David, formal diplomatic relations between the two nations were established. Ambassadors will not be exchanged for another month, although both countries have already named them: Saad Mortada will represent Egypt in Tel Aviv, and Eliahu Ben Elissar will be Israel's man in Cairo. Telephone, telex and postal links were also opened, and direct air service between Tel Aviv and Cairo is set to begin soon...
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