Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem Electrifies the World Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's dramatic and courageous visit to Israel has put the Middle East back in headline number one position. The value of his bold journey to Jerusalem was mainly its tremendous psychological impact. Sadat's speech in the Knesset was predictably standard Arab policy regarding occupied territories, rights of Palestinians, etc., though his specific reference that old Arab Jerusalem should be a "free and open city for all believers" was a bit of a surprise. Begin responded with an emotional exposition of Israel's counter-position.
But again the impact on the senses was great. Seeing Sadat visit the shrine to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust and placing a wreath at the monument to the fallen Jewish soldiers of four Middle East. Wars was startling. Equally so, the private interviews staged with American network news anchor persons - Begin and Sadat sitting side by side, referring to each other as friends, Sadat relaxed and smoking his pipe - such was unthinkable only two weeks ago. Where the Sadat visit exactly fits in we'll have to explore as the weeks go on. But it should be a lesson to us how dramatically sudden events can develop in the world.
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