The Reaction in Israel to the Sadat Initiative

i the last three weeks of November 1977, the Israeli politicians and public were completely preoccupied with the visit of President Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem and the subsequent developments which led to the convening of the Cairo Conference. The Israeli press, whose headlines in the first days of the month had been devoted to the internal discontent and strife resulting from the drastic economic measures of Menahem Begin's right-wing government, now concerned itself almost entirely with the Middle East conflict. Political interest and commentaries started with some doubts as to whether the visit would take place at all, reached a peak during Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, and then subsided somewhat until the announcement of the forthcoming Cairo Conference revived hopes of a peace settlement that would satisfy Israel's minimum terms

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