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President Sadat's visit to Jerusalem on Nov. 19-21 and his speech to the Knesset were among the most dramatic events of modern history. At the First Baptist Church in Washington, I prayed publicly for peace during a special early-morning service, and then the congregation adjourned so we could return to our homes in time to watch the arrival ceremonies on television. Sadat made a great speech, spelling out in very blunt terms the Arab requirements for any peace settlement. The meaning of the words themselves was muted by the fact that he was standing there alone, before...
...30th anniversary of the state of Israel, and we had a private discussion. I told him that peace in the Middle East was in his hands, that he had a unique opportunity to either bring it into being or kill it and that the Arabs genuinely wanted peace, particularly Sadat. My guess was that he would not take the necessary steps to bring peace to Israel?an opportunity that might never come again...
There was no prospect for success if Begin and Sadat stayed apart; and their meetings had now become fruitless because the two men were too personally incompatible to compromise on the issues facing them. There was only one thing to do, as dismal and unpleasant as the prospect seemed: I would try to bring Sadat and Begin together for an extensive negotiating session with...
...close my thoughts were not on the cutthroat trout, the delicious food or the beauties of nature. It was late at night, and I was very tired. I was studying a thick volume, written especially for me, about two men: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat. In a few days, on Sept. 5, 1978, I would welcome them to Camp David. Ours would be a new approach, perhaps unprecedented in history. Three leaders of nations would be isolated from the outside world; an intensely personal effort would be required of us. I had to understand these...
...Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. On many occasions Sadat would send Mubarak as a direct emissary to see me. Sometimes Mubarak would deliver a handwritten message in an unsealed envelope; Sadat was trying to show me he trusted him. I have never detected any inclination in Mubarak to do anything contrary to what Sadat would have done had he survived. I think Mubarak has pledged his life and honor to continue the basic Sadat policies...