Shimon Peres, chairman of the Labor Party, said last night he had accepted Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s invitation to go to Egypt and will be doing so after Passover. Sadat extended the invitation during his meeting with Peres in Salzburg, Austria last weekend.
The Labor Party leader met yesterday with Premier Menachem Begin to brief him on his meeting with Sadat. Peres said the Egyptian leader told him that Israel and Egypt had reached a point of no return and could only move forward to a settlement. “I was under the impression that Sadat insists that negotiations should continue,” Peres reported.
He expressed his belief that Sadat now wants to reach agreement on a declaration of principles regarding the West Bank which would allow King Hussein of Jordan and representatives of the Palestinians to join the negotiations at a later stage. Peres said he believes Sadat wants to resolve the West Bank issue before settling the differences with Israel over Jewish settlements in Sinai.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
