Word: sadat
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...Peace with Egypt did not put an end to the conflict in the region. Moreover, Egypt, and in particular Anwar Sadat, paid a very high price. Any Arab leader who does what Sadat did would pay no less. Separate deals do not achieve peace; they may in fact lead to the opposite result. I am surprised that some people would like to cut peace into pieces -- one piece now, another later. What is the use of solving a problem in a way that creates a larger problem? When we speak of a comprehensive peace, we do not mean that everybody...
...hastily. I would see that the Arabs are downtrodden, that their land is occupied, that the Israelis appear victorious. Therefore young people have come to the conclusion that Islam is their salvation. The majority ((of Arab leaders)) are aware of this reality, but they don't talk about it. Sadat visited me before he went to Jerusalem. I advised him that his visit would complicate things. I told him peace was coming, and collective action was the best way to achieve it. But he had other illusions. That was the reason for the eruption of fundamentalism in Egypt. Sadat paid...
...President Sadat of Egypt made a historic breakthrough in 1977 when he put an end to war and convinced both Egyptians and Israelis that he was ready to make peace. He broke down the walls of suspicion and prejudice. Today President Assad is not ready to do 2% of what Sadat did to convince Israel that he is ready to take unexpected or unusual steps to achieve peace. I said that I do not believe we can achieve peace without a meeting between the top political leaders of the two countries, because peace by correspondence has no meaning...
...after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made his extraordinary decision to go to Jerusalem in 1977, Begin found it a gesture so bold and imaginative that he signed a peace treaty with Egypt. In exchange for normal relations, Israel pledged to return the Sinai peninsula to Egypt and to participate in negotiations to determine the final status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It was a daring gamble that would ensure both men a place in history and a share of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978. But by the time Begin died last week...
Bush should shift gears, turn his finger away from Israel and pressure the Arabs to show up on Israeli soil. It was Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's trip to Jerusalem in 1977 that sparked the Camp David Accords. A similar confidence-building measure from the Arabs now could really jumpstart the peace process...