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They arrived in Haifa with almost diametrically opposed intentions. Israeli Premier Menachem Begin was preoccupied with bilateral issues that had arisen since the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty last March. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was eager for progress toward a wider peace in the Middle East. After three hours of private talks during Sadat's 48-hour visit, Begin had achieved his objectives. But Sadat's hope of new movement toward solving the Palestinian problem, which he termed "the heart and core of the entire conflict," was unfulfilled...
...Sadat-Begin summit, the seventh since Sadat's historic journey to Jerusalem in November 1977, thus produced mixed results. The meetings on Mount Carmel, a setting that offered the participants a soothing panoramic view of Haifa harbor, reaffirmed the underlying strength of the Egyptian-Israeli treaty. Despite strong differences in attitude and priorities, Sadat and Begin gave every indication that their relationship is now rooted in friendship and respect. In fact, some diplomats are convinced that after months of occasional disappointments and persistent distrust, the two men have grown genuinely fond of each other...
...Egyptian leader and his wife Jehan, accompanied by their 18-year-old daughter, also named Jehan, charmed their Israeli hosts. Sadat, wearing a blue pin-stripe suit and puffing on a pipe, seemed relaxed and confident at a press conference with Begin on the lawn of the Dan Carmel Hotel...
...there was a tone of urgency in his appeals for progress in the stalemated negotiations on autonomy for the Palestinian inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Sadat underscored the theme as soon as his glistening white yacht el-Houriya (Freedom) docked at Haifa port. After receiving a 21-gun salute and watching a fly-over by ten Israeli Kfir jet fighters, Sadat expressed his determination "to spread the umbrella of peace to include the Palestinian people," adding: "This is a moral commitment to which we will remain faithful at all tunes...
That evening, after his first meeting with Begin, Sadat was even more outspoken. At a lavish roast beef dinner for 400 hosted by Israel's President, Yitzhak Navon, he said: "We should all realize that the only durable peace is the comprehensive peace. Any misconception on this point would be a gross mistake." He insisted that "the realization of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people is not incompatible with Israel's interests...