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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...
That evening, after his first meeting with Begin, Sadat was even more outspoken. At a lavish roast beef dinner for 400 hosted by Israel's President, Yitzhak Navon, he said: "We should all realize that the only durable peace is the comprehensive peace. Any misconception on this point would be a gross mistake." He insisted that "the realization of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people is not incompatible with Israel's interests...
...told Egypt's parliament Saturday. Sadat agreed, saying that "we have had a very fruitful talk." But both leaders cautioned that some issues remained unresolved as Carter headed for Israel. Arriving there just as the Jewish Sabbath was ending, he was greeted at Ben-Gurion Airport by President Itzhak Navon and Premier Begin, who gave him a warm embrace. Said Carter: "I have good reason to hope that the goal can now be reached. I look forward to completing the urgent business at hand on this brief visit." The carefully chosen words were more optimistic, however, than the actual situation...
...arriving in Israel, the President had to attend to the pomp and ceremonies that take up so much of a state visit before he could begin his serious talks. He was welcomed by Begin and President Navon in a glare of floodlights at Ben-Gurion Airport as a 21-gun salute boomed through the night. Then the presidential motorcade rolled into Jerusalem where Mayor Teddy Kollek offered him bread and wine, an honor once reserved for Jewish kings returning from battle. According to Kollek this was "the most important visit to Jerusalem
Former Defense Minister Moshe Dayan was in New York City; so was Chaim Herzog, Israel's Ambassador-designate to the U.N. Foreign Minister Yigal Allon had been in the U.S. and gone already, as had his predecessor Abba Eban and Itzhak Navon, chairman of the Knesset's committee on foreign affairs and security. Minister of Transport Gad Yaacobi and Minister of Justice Haim Zadok flew in at week's end, while Teddy Kollek, the mayor of Jerusalem, and Supreme Court Justice Haim Conn were packing their bags. Small wonder if Premier Yitzhak Rabin felt lonely in Jerusalem...