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Today marks the 30th anniversary of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat??s legendary voyage to Jerusalem, the capital of his then-enemy, the Jewish State of Israel. As Sadat himself declared, “I would go to the end of the earth. I would go to Israel, for I want to put before the people of Israel all the facts...
...minute plane ride from a military base near the Suez Canal to Tel Aviv permanently changed fears into hopes and transformed hate into trust. As rumors persist of a reprisal of Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations, it is wise to recall the dramatic effect of Sadat??s visit on a possible Arab-Israel peace. To prove his sincerity about living side by side in peace with Israel, President Bashar Assad of Syria should follow in Sadat??s heroic footsteps and visit Israel without preconditions...
...Sadat??s unexpected trip produced a wave of euphoria across Israel. Israeli diplomats scrambled to find Egyptian flags, a band that could play the Egyptian national anthem, and a way to show Sadat the Holy Land they had fought over. Israelis—Holocaust survivors, soldiers who had fought Egyptians only four years earlier, and a younger generation alike—welcomed Sadat with open arms. The Israeli daily Maariv printed a red banner headline in Arabic and Hebrew reading, “Welcome President Sadat.” Egyptian songs were played on the radio and Israelis...
...bold and irreversible step, Sadat??s journey to Jerusalem and address to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, shattered the pan-Arab front of no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel. Though a peace agreement took several years, Sadat??s visit had proved to Israelis that there was no turning back, that the frontier had been breached, and Sadat had cast...
...Perhaps one day Assad will realize that hearing Homat el-Diyar, the Syrian national anthem, performed by an Israeli orchestra on Israeli soil would be a greater impetus for peace than meek statements from his comfortable palace in Damascus. Perhaps the memory of Sadat??s trip will spur Assad to action. And hopefully that day will come soon...
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