Word: shalom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rubaiyat room. As is the case with so many events in the Middle East today, the participants hardly seemed able to believe where they were or what they were doing. Premier Begin joined in the euphoric mood. Before leaving for Washington, he had greeted an Israeli negotiator by telephone: "Shalom, shalom, how is the weather in Cairo? Sunny and cold?" The Israeli shouted in delight that he could see the pyramids. "Look at them, you had a part in [building] them," joked Begin, "but don't ask for indemnities...
...when they saw the Israeli passports, they just applauded." Later, during a tour of the capital, a group of Israelis were spotted by Cairenes at a café", who shouted; "Long live Sadat! Long live the Israeli delegation of peace!" With that, other Egyptians began clapping and crying: "Shalom! Shalom...
...gratitude and blessings of all peoples of good will on both sides of Suez be upon Anwar Sadat. The actively applied good intentions of Israelis and Egyptians will ease and speed further steps toward a just and lasting peace. Shalom, from Jerusalem...
...inner fire that is one of Anne Bancroft's gifts in lighting up a stage is banked most of the evening, and all that relieves a kind of fatalistic pessimism is a flash of wry humor. "Requiescat in pace" seems more appropriate than "Shalom" for this show...
Nancy Kissinger dutifully saw the sights when she went abroad on diplomatic missions with Henry, and now it is Grace Vance's turn to play tourist. While the Secretary of State conferred with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, his wife put on a blue and white cap reading SHALOM and took a helicopter trip to Masada, the hilltop fortress built by King Herod on the shores of the Dead Sea. Accompanied by Rachel Dayan and several other diplomats' wives, she looked with interest at the baths in the remains of Herod's 2,000-year-old palace. When...