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Whatever else Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace initiative may have accomplished, it has blown not just a fresh breeze but a whirlwind through the diplomacy of the Middle East. It was scarcely a month ago that Sadat made his historic trip to Jerusalem. Last Wednesday, exactly 26 days later, Egyptian and Israeli delegates were sitting down 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...
...given Israel many instruments of war. But Anwar Sadat has given it an instrument like no other-his heart...
...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...
...certainly a man possessed, but exactly what was he possessed by? In seeking to break the Middle East peace impasse, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat had stirred up a maelstrom of diplomatic moves and countermoves, and last week he remained at the center of the turbulence. In Tripoli, the anti-Sadat Arab states voted to "freeze" their diplomatic and political relations with Egypt. Sadat reacted icily by making a full diplomatic break with Syria, Iraq, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen. His decision produced a schism as deep as any in the 32-year history of the Arab League. Also...
...roseate afterglow of Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Israel, Americans experienced a powerful surge of hope for peace in the Middle East. About 86% of Americans believe that the Egyptian President's initiative increased the chances for peace. That mood of confidence was shared, overwhelmingly, by citizens of every political stripe, including 87% of Republicans, 84% of Democrats and 90% of Independents. These are some of the results of a nationwide survey of 1,050 registered voters conducted for TIME by the opinion-research firm of Yankelovich, Skelly and White...