Israeli Ambassador Michael S. Comay said today that Israel’s most recent statement on the Middle East situation indicated that Israel was “leaving the door wide open to dialogue” with the Arabs. Comay, a former ambassador to the United Nations, added: “I hope there has been some shift of thinking in Cairo, because their past policies have only brought them sorrow, defeats, wastage of life and no glory.” On Sunday, the Israeli Cabinet announced it “views favorably…the readiness of…Egypt to enter into a peace agreement with Israel.” Comay, a 62-year-old native of Capetown, spoke at the first of a series of monthly speeches at the B’nai B’rith Luncheon Club, with Hayim Pinner, executive director of B’nai B’rith, as chairman. Comay remarked that “Egypt’s recent statements were made to put the ball in Israel’s court, but Israel this time has been careful not to raise any skepticism of the Egyptian offer for peace but to accept it at face value.”
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