Direct telephone connections between Israel and Egypt, a by-product of President Anwar Sadat’s visit earlier this week, ended Wednesday. A senior official of the Communications Ministry disclosed that the Egyptian telephone exchange was rejecting all calls from Israel via Rome, Paris or anywhere else. “If we are not wanted, we do not want to impose ourselves on anybody,” the official said. He announced that Israeli operators have been instructed not to accept any more calls to Egypt. Telephone connections to Morocco and Tunis remain open but the demand has become negligible since the journalists from those countries who covered Sadat’s visit have long since left Israel.
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