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Talk of Arab unity has usually been just that -- talk. Since the Arab League's founding in 1945 as a loose federation of seven states, issues of wealth, territory, sovereignty and political influence have splintered the alliance. With Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem in 1977, the one issue that had always rallied unanimous support -- Arab hatred of the state of Israel -- proved divisive too. Through the 1980s, the cleavages seemed only to widen as the members of the Arab League, now 21 strong, lined up on different sides in the Iran-Iraq war and split their loyalties...
Syria led the Arab chorus of condemnation when Egypt began peace negotiations with Israel, breaking off diplomatic relations shortly after Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem in 1977, two years before the Egyptian- Israeli peace treaty was signed. And Syria remained the most stubborn holdout until last week, when Damascus and Cairo announced that the two countries would resume relations after a twelve-year hiatus. The restored ties will be celebrated sometime in January at a meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Hafez Assad. One possibly helpful result of their detente: a moderation in Syrian opposition...
...unearthed numerous allegations, many of which have been discarded. The committee found that Wright's heavy-handed intervention with federal officials on behalf of failing Texas savings and loan associations was no more than what other Texas Congressmen were doing. His intercession with Government officials and Egypt's Anwar Sadat to help a Texas oil-and-gas company was also found to be all in a day's work for the average member...
...linkage. In the conflict between the Arabs and the Israelis, relations cannot be described in terms of isolation or non- isolation. Syria could have opened the door to discussions with Israel, and Israel would have welcomed that. Egypt extended its hand in the past, but when Anwar Sadat visited Jerusalem, it did not affect our policy toward Israel. No other separate action will have that effect...
...years ago last week, another adamant Likud leader, Menachem Begin, signed a peace treaty with Egypt and embraced his foe, Anwar Sadat. At a meeting of Israel-bond volunteers in Washington commemorating that breakthrough, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel movingly evoked the dilemma felt by many Jews. Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, warned against allowing frustration over the absence of peace to be translated into disunity. "I feel so much gratitude to the people of Israel and to the State of Israel," he said, "that I simply cannot bring myself to become a judge over my people...