Word: syrians
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Arab solidarity was indeed in tatters. Sadat's mission had been blessed by the moderate regimes of Morocco, Tunisia and the Sudan. His bankrollers, the Saudis (see box), at least did not say no. But the visit to Israel was denounced by Syrian President Hafez Assad, the Soviet Union, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the main rejection-front states, Iraq, Libya and Algeria. Last week the anti-Sadat forces gathered in Tripoli at the behest of Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, who called the participants the "steadfast states." (Others dubbed the conference the "sorehead summit.") A second meeting...
Sadat's initiative has already had a small but discernible impact at the United Nations, that uncertain barometer of the global mood. Egyptian Ambassador Esmat Abdel Meguid walked out during an anti-Sadat diatribe by his Syrian colleague, though he later cast Egypt's vote for a Syrian-inspired resolution condemning Israel's occupation of Arab lands. During the debate he smiled and nodded through a speech by Israel's Chaim Herzog. In his address, Abdel Meguid had said, "Let us have a fifth battle for peace," referring to four previous wars between Israel...
...Golan Heights. Israel has no legal claim to this occupied area. It would withdraw its troops, dismantle the 26 settlements erected in the territory since 1967 and restore sovereignty to Syria. The Israelis rightfully protest that before the Six-Day War, Syrian forces on the Heights bombarded civilian kibbutzim in the Hula Valley and along the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Thus, in exchange for Israeli withdrawal, the Heights must be declared a demilitarized zone subject to inspection by international patrols reinforced by Israeli and Syrian inspection teams...
Most Arab reaction was negative, abusive and even violent. Libya broke relations with Egypt and demanded its expulsion from the Arab League. Radio Baghdad called the trip a "Pan-Arab catastrophe" and Sadat himself a traitor. Saiqa, the Syrian-backed Palestinian group vowed to assassinate Sadat for committing "the ugliest treason" in Arab history. Syria declared a day of mourning and lowered flags to half-staff. In Lebanon, where Syrian peace-keeping troops have forbidden protest demonstrations, the ban was lifted during Sadat's trip...
...accept; 3) in speaking to the Knesset, he was also acknowledging Israel's right to consider Jerusalem as its capital (even the U.S. maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv). Attempting to blunt such criticism in advance of his trip, Sadat last week flew to Damascus to confer with Syrian President Hafez Assad, who has been somewhat suspicious of his Arab brother since the second Sinai accord of 1975, through which Egypt regained the Abu Rudeis oilfields...