Word: summits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudis, whose oil wealth has helped keep Egypt from bankruptcy for the past ten years, went quietly but cautiously along. He received too the tacit support of Jordan's King Hussein. But radical Palestinians denounced Sadat as a traitor and put a price on his head. A so-called summit of Arab "steadfast states" in Tripoli, convoked by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, froze relations with Egypt. Calling their bluff?without Egypt defending the southern front, another Arab war against Israel would be a hopeless enterprise?Sadat broke off relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. His critics, said...
Israelis are plainly pleased with Begin's performance. His popularity in polls has jumped from 62% just before Sadat's visit to nearly 90% on the eve of this week's Ismailia summit. Like Sadat, Begin has a strong sense of the theatrical, and his distinctive style is one of his major assets. To the public, his famed Old World courtliness seems to be a refreshing contrast to the casual, open-shirt informality of the Labor governments. The Premier is rarely seen in public without a jacket and tie, usually bows to the Israeli flag (no other...
...together in a Cairo conference room, in the very shadow of the pyramids, to lay the groundwork for full-scale peace talks. At the very moment that the session was being called to order, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin was headed for Washington to meet with President Carter, a sudden summit conference arranged in a matter of hours at Begin's request. After two meetings with Carter-one early Friday, one late Saturday-Begin said that he would confer with Sadat in Egypt within the next several days, probably over the Christmas weekend. The determination to keep the peace initiative...
...What can the Tripoli summit accomplish in its attempts to check Sadat...
...expect Saudi Arabia to back the anti-Sadat summit...