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...states are weak, fractious and radical. But one reason the Arabs are that way, and becoming more so, is precisely because of their impasse with Israel. The tragedy and chaos that have engulfed the once peaceful, prosperous nation of Lebanon are a direct spillover of the Palestinian problem. Anwar Sadat's position both within Egypt and among his Arab brethren elsewhere will remain precarious unless he can point to some success in the Palestinian autonomy talks initiated by the Camp David agreements and due to resume in three weeks. By and large Sadat has shown forbearance over Israel...
Thus ended, on a cautiously encouraging note, the eleventh meeting in the past four years between Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel's Menachem Begin. The mood was more somber than at most of the previous encounters: there were no exaggerated compliments, no excessive expressions of confidence, no crowds of cheering Egyptians to greet the visitors from Israel. But the two-day meeting in Alexandria did serve to reduce the tensions that had been building over the past three months. And it produced one accomplishment: a commitment by the two men to resume the long-stalled talks...
...Then, just as the U.S. was about to release the F-16s anyway, the Israelis bombed Beirut. The shipment was held up once again and eventually 14 F-16s and two F-15s were included in the embargo. The hold lasted long enough to avoid embarrassing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who visited Washington in early August...
...focus those meetings on the prospects for a resumption of the long-stalled Israeli-Egyptian negotiations on Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza. The autonomy issue is also expected to be the main topic of discussion at this week's summit, the eleventh between Begin and Sadat, in Alexandria. Since they last met in early June in the Sinai, Sadat has abruptly changed his attitude toward the Palestine Liberation Organization: he is now publicly calling for the P.L.O.'s inclusion in the peace process and for its recognition by both the U.S. and Israel. He argues...
...case, Sadat is not expected to press the P.L.O. issue when he sits down with Begin this week. Egypt is anxious to get the autonomy talks revived and settle final arrangements for Israel's complete withdrawal from the Sinai next April. Sadat predicts that he and Begin will be able to sign an interim autonomy agreement. Jerusalem needs a political solution for the occupied West Bank and Gaza, one that will lessen the onus of running a purely military administration in the occupied territories. The need may bring Israel back to its initial position in the Camp David peace...