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Though Reagan has promised to continue the Camp David peace process, he faces trouble with Egypt over American use of a military base at Ras Banas on the Red Sea. The U.S. wants President Anwar Sadat to sign a formal agreement allowing American access, but Sadat is reluctant to do so for fear of stirring up Egyptian opposition. He has warned the U.S. against taking too stern a line...
...part, Begin tried to hold himself above the fray. He announced that he was prepared to meet President Reagan and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to revive the long-stalled talks on autonomy for the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. The prospect of an early election should not be an obstacle to a summit, he argued. Said Begin to the visiting Egyptians: "Please tell my friend President Sadat that Israel is ready to renew the autonomy negotiations at any moment...
Egypt's Sadat has also rejected the plan, arguing that Jordan should not enter into the negotiations until some measure of autonomy is in effect. Meanwhile, Israel was about to become the target of renewed political pressure in the rest of the Muslim world. Sheiks, ministers and kings of some 36 Islamic countries began gathering in the Saudi Arabian mountain resort of Taif for this week's Islamic conference, which promises to be a sumptuous as well as a polemical affair. The Saudis have poured a fortune into rebuilding the city with marble and glass at a cost...
...earth's surface." Despite impressive credentials -Verame had already festooned a dried riverbed in France and a mile of the Corsican coast-it took the artist two years to persuade authorities to let him undertake his "mad dream." Finally, he got the O.K. from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. This month, after twelve weeks of creative effort with as many tons of paint, the "Sinai Peace Junction" opened to mixed reviews: Cairo's environmentalists disapprove, but "the local Bedouins," says Verame, "love it. Blue, they say, chases away the evil...
...woman of strong opinions, forceful and dependable. He did not talk about Germany's Helmut Schmidt, but aides have always said that the President considered Schmidt a devious man, effusive in person but duplicitous behind Carter's back. In Carter's view, Egypt's Anwar Sadat loomed above all the world leaders. "I trust him like my wife," he said looking at Rosalynn. It is no secret that Carter found Israel's Menachem Begin impossible to deal with...