November 19, 1977 (vol. 88, iss. 63) • Page Image 4
…-0552 Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Woodyon the grid I TLOOKED extremely rocky for the Red and Gray that day; The score stood two to zip with but one minute left to play. So, when…
… been shut out. - Jim Tobin (with the usual apologies to E. L. Thayer) SADA T VISITS THE KNESSET Israel and the Arab reaction By ROD KOSANN The Mideast has become an area of the world in which con…
… recognition as a possible turning point in an ongoing state of hostility that has marked Arab- Israeli relations for decades. If Sadat's visit achieves the "dialogue" that Menahem Begin says he is looking for…
… laun- ched by diverse elements in the Arab world. Arab claims that his visit is a stake aimed at the heart of Arab solidarity have been widespread, not withstanding Sadat's assurances to the con- trary…
…- sive meetings between the two leaders, called on Arab nations to "shoulder the responsibilities in facing the dangers inherent in an Arab leader's trip to Israel." Re- leasing such a statement, Syria…
… effectively closed ranks with Iraq and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who respec- tively branded Sadat's trip a "deviation" from Arab Unity, and a "flagrant defiance of Arab popular will." The…
… PLO also cited the visit as a "dangerous turning point, and a gain for intrigues of international Zionsim and the United States." To accept too readily Arab claims of unity is to accept along with it a…
… not find solidarity. The fact rm~ains that the strongest bond ihthe Arab world is a mutual .;lWtility tohe Jewish state. If it is not Arab unity, what then lies below the surface of Arab an- tagonism to…
… a Sadat visit? Ex- cluding the notion of internation- al intrigue, it is a far more funda- mental issue - specifically, Is- rael's very right to exist. Being the first Arab leader to visit the…
… jcountry since it gained statehood in 1948, Sadat has now lent his tacit approval to that right. It is this gesture which the Israelis hail, but the more radical Arab elements deplore. THE SYRIAN statement…

















































