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...daughters of the slain Middle East peace advocates Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat joined yesterday at the Kennedy School of Government to pay tribute to Rabin...
Mubarak: I am very, very, very upset. I am a man of peace. I would like to have peace with the Israelis. Egypt is the country that opened the door of peace. Without the initiative of the late President [Anwar] Sadat, I don't think a single Arab country would have had the courage to negotiate with the Israelis. They should realize this...
...would abide by the Oslo agreements with the Palestinians but build more Jewish settlements in the West Bank. He would undertake talks on the territory's final status but not discuss Jerusalem. He would model himself on the Nixon who went to China, the Begin who met with Sadat, while his chief lieutenants include truculent extremists like Ariel Sharon, who demand Arab capitulation on Israel's terms. Israelis all call their new leader Bibi as if they know him well, but few seem sure which of those campaign promises are the real thing...
...GREATEST OBSTACLE TO MIDDLE East peace may not be conflict among nations but within them. Witness the assassinations of Egypt's Anwar Sadat and now Israel's Yitzhak Rabin. Both men were internationally praised for their efforts to institute lasting peace. Both men won Nobel Peace Prizes alongside former enemies. And now both men have died at the hands of their own countrymen. DAVID R. FINE Camp Hill, Pennsylvania Via E-mail...
...cover their panic and fear of a peace they never believed could actually exist. For the first time. Arabs and Jews alike are "internalizing" the peace process by evaluating it not in terms of symbolic significance but in terms of economic, social, and political benefits. The assassination of Sadat halted the peace process for over a decade: the assassination of Rabin just might have the reverse effect. --Hashem E. Montasser...