Word: weizman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THURSDAY. Americans gather in Aspen at 7:30 a.m. They see Sadat, who has heart problem like Begin, stride past with walking stick. Carter and Aides Cyrus Vance and Zbigniew Brzezinski sound out Begin and Aides Moshe Dayan and Ezer Weizman on their reaction to Sadat proposal. Israelis very critical...
...fashioned art of secret negotiations. He even managed to get silence from the often leak-prone Israelis. Premier Begin, for example, told his colleagues in Jerusalem by telephone that he could not say much about the talks because Carter had asked him not to. When Defense Minister Weizman was asked by newsmen how the Israelis were doing, he cryptically responded: "We are doing...
...Israel after the 1973 war. Sadat and Begin somehow managed a laugh. But reporters accompanying the entourage noticed a marked lack of warmth between the Egyptian and Israeli leaders; they barely spoke to each other during the excursion. When Sadat did talk to an Israeli, it was to Weizman, his favorite member of the Begin Cabinet...
Although Sadat and Begin were not scheduled to meet until Wednesday afternoon, they encountered each other by chance early that morning as they were strolling about the wooded grounds. The two shook hands and remarked about "how good and healthy" each looked. Just then Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman pedaled up on one of the camp's bicycles and greeted Sadat. Within three minutes, this first Israeli-Egyptian confrontation of the summit was over and the three men continued on their separate ways...
...associates. These sessions, which usually did not include Carter, Begin or Sadat, were apparently examining in detail the broad points raised by the tripartite gatherings. This was regarded as a positive sign. While there were no full-scale bilateral Egyptian-Israeli gatherings, Sadat did meet alone with Defense Minister Weizman, the one Israeli with whom the Egyptian leader has established a warm personal rapport...