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Even as the Knesset started its deliberations, direct communications between Jerusalem and Cairo were quietly restored; they had been cut off last July by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat because of his frustration over the then deadlocked peace discussions. This week, at the end of the two-day Jewish New Year celebrations, Israeli negotiators will fly to Cairo to discuss where, when and how the negotiations will be carried out. The Egyptians want to hold them at Ismailia, the Suez Canal town where Begin paid a call on Sadat last December, following Sadat's historic trip to Jerusalem...
Topic A in the Sadat household? Of course. But Topic B? Wedding bells. A day after Papa returned to Cairo last week, his only son, Gamal, 21, an engineering student, married Dina Erfan, 20. The reception was held in a massive canvas tent in the gardens of Anwar and Jihan Sadat's residence in Giza, and the 1,500 guests dined simply on cold meats, lemonade and tea. The entertainment was something else. On the program was a blond singer, a comedian and Egypt's two leading belly dancers. For Sadat, it was a perfect way to unwind...
...prospects were not entirely unclouded, of course, either for the world or for Jimmy Carter. In the Middle East itself, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat received tumultuous welcomes home, but when Secretary of State Cyrus Vance flew to three Arab capitals to mobilize support for the Camp David agreements, he encountered reactions ranging from skepticism to outrage...
TUESDAY, SEPT. 5. Bright sunshine for opening day. Jimmy Carter, who arrived the day before, gets up early, plays tennis with Rosalynn. The Carters greet Anwar Sadat in afternoon. He's weary from Paris flight. Menachem Begin, rested from his two-day stay in New York, holds first meeting with Carter in President's Aspen Lodge. Begin worried about new violence in Lebanon. The two discuss how conference will proceed...
While Egypt's President Anwar Sadat broke his homeward journey in Morocco to see one of his closest Arab allies, King Hassan II, and Jimmy Carter conferred with Sudanese President Gaafar Mohamed Nimeiri, four hard-line Arab states and an assortment of Palestinian liberation groups assembled in Damascus for the third so-called Steadfast Summit. The theme: Fight Sadat?and topple him if possible...