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...again on the march in the Middle East," and Secretary of State Alexander Haig predicted that the deal "will inevitably contribute to stability and the peace process" in the area. There were some initial glimmers of hope: Egypt's new President Hosni Mubarak said that he would try to renew ties with Arab nations critical of the peace process, and Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yasser Arafat said that he welcomed a peace plan proposed last August by the Saudis that implicitly calls for coexistence between Israel and the Arab nations...
...summit ended, the participants tried to put the best face on its ambiguous outcome. "Our purpose was to renew the dialogue between the North and the South," said López Portillo. "This was done." Added Algeria's Ambassador to the U.N. Mohammed Bedjaoui: "We leave Cancún with great enthusiasm." Yet the results hardly rate those reviews, for the summit failed to reach an agreement on the two most important issues: global negotiations and a World Bank energy affiliate...
...Israelis and Egyptians are scheduled to renew the autonomy talks next week in Israel, but Israeli Interior Minister Yosef Burg said last week there had been "no change" in Jerusalem's position. Indeed, Israeli officials were incensed by the suggestion made by former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter that the U.S. would eventually have to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Though Reagan reaffirmed his policy against talking with the P.L.O. until it recognizes Israel's right to exist, the Administration is fervently hoping that Begin will make a gesture of accommodation at next week...
School starts with an exhortation from National Committee Chairman Charles T. Manatt, 45, to "rekindle, renew, and put together the building blocks for victory in 1982." Then the lights are dimmed and the enemy appears: Ronald Reagan, in his Sept. 24 address, asking for more budget cuts. He dominates the ballroom from six big color monitors. There is surprisingly little booing and barracking from the partisan audience. "The man may be selling snake oil," observes Jim Hepworth, a farmer who is party chairman in Minnesota's Blue Earth County. "But he sure sells it well...
...encouraged by the way Mubarak has taken charge. Said Secretary of State Alexander Haig: "We are greatly assured that the policy will be one of continuation of the Sadat legacy." Assuming that all goes well domestically, U.S. officials agree that, in time, Mubarak will seek ways to renew ties with his Arab neighbors and look for alternative approaches to peace. Many Western diplomats believe that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Fahd's plan, announced two months ago, which offered peace to Israel in exchange for Israeli withdrawal from territory occupied in 1967, was a constructive effort to enlarge the scope...