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...wealthy Coptic Christian family, Boutros-Ghali grew up speaking three languages -- Arabic, French and English. He earned a Ph.D. in international law from the Sorbonne, then went on to a career as a professor of law at Cairo University and as a writer. He was tapped by President Anwar Sadat as a senior policy adviser and was named acting Foreign Minister when two foreign ministers resigned in protest over Sadat's historic visit to Jerusalem in 1977. Boutros-Ghali played a prominent role in the negotiations that led to the 1979 Camp David accord on the Middle East...
...Many Arabs feel Sadat sacrificed his life by visiting Jerusalem and defying the rest of the Arab world. Is there another gesture Assad could make to prove his sincerity...
...Syrians insist on a comprehensive peace and contend that Sadat made a mistake in signing a bilateral treaty...
...believe that without Sadat's courage and imagination there would have been no peace between an Arab country and Israel. He set the pattern. He proved that peace is not an illusion or a dream...
...interviewed President Sadat in Alexandria, and I asked him if he had opposed having King Hussein of Jordan join him at Camp David. He said, "You remember that we were twice on the verge of a breakdown in the 13-day meeting. If we had added Israel's problem with Jordan and the Palestinians to the problems between Egypt and Israel, there would have been no peace in the next 20 years." If you give one Arab partner a veto right over another, forget about achieving peace...