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...Sadat halts autonomy talks as the violence grows...
...Thursday afternoon, six of the team's C-130s rose from an undisclosed airfield in Egypt, where Carter's increasingly helpful friend, President Anwar Sadat, made no attempt to deny his nation's involvement in the American mission. Said Sadat later: "I have promised the American people that I shall give facilities for the rescue of the hostages and for the rescue of any Arab state in the Gulf...
...complained that the raid had "only tended to complicate the situation further and heighten tensions." The Saudis, among America's closest friends in the Muslim world, are alarmed at the prospect of reckless U.S. intervention in the Persian Gulf region. But Egypt's Anwar Sadat was quick to express concern for Jimmy Carter. Said the Egyptian leader: "It is hard luck, but it should not dishearten the Americans from taking more action to free the hostages." Jerusalem also sent words of sympathy and encouragement. Said Israeli Premier Menachem Begin: "It could happen to anybody. We have to join...
...West Bank and Gaza. As Carter noted in his press conference last week, "If we can accomplish that, then the details of exactly how to administer land and water rights and how to administer other specific elements of security, like controlling terrorism, I think will be resolved without delay." Sadat wants the council to act as a legislature. Begin is adamantly opposed, contending that the council should have only narrow administrative functions. Making it a legislature, he believes, would lay the groundwork for a Palestinian state that might harbor terrorists, whom he described to American Jewish leaders as "two-legged...
There remains the possibility that Carter and Sadat soon will be dealing not with Begin but with a successor. Begin's popularity is slipping badly in Israel, both because of domestic concerns (the primary one is triple-digit inflation) and because of his stand on the peace negotiations. Polls last week found that only 21% of the Israelis queried think he is the best man for the job, though no one else tops that figure. Moreover, Defense Minister Ezer Weizman, whose popularity is second to Begin's in the government, asserted in a bombshell interview on Israeli...