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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 6, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free october 1981 focus Sadat hailed As peacemaker from the news services Cairo president Anwar Sadat Rose from obscure peasant origins in the Nile Valley to be hailed by the world As a peacemaker and reviled by Many arabs As a traitor to their his historic trip to Jerusalem in november 1977 to seek peace from the people whom he had fought for almost 30 years was the first direct Public Contact Between Arab and israeli statesmen since Israel was created in much of the world hailed his action As a courageous initiative by a single minded Man of vision seeking to spare the world the consequences of War and pull his country out of medieval squalor into the modern but his initiative was condemned in most of the Arab his critics portrayed him As an opportunist of mediocre administrative ability unable to satisfy his Peoples demands for was seeking by a spectacular stunt to pacify them and open the purse strings of the Many of his admirers see Sadat As personifying the values of the simple and Long suf Fering but astute egyptian peasant who regained much of his self respect under Sadat Gamal Abdel after Many centuries of virtual Drew strength from background in his Book in search of an Sadat stressed How he had always drawn strength from his farming Village Back ground which goes far to explain his willingness to negotiate with Israel Over almost anything except egyptian it also explains his his intrinsic conservatism and his patriarchal Brand of it explains Why he gave his share of the Nobel peace prize he was awarded with israeli prime minister Mena chem begin in 1978 to his native Mit Abul where he was born 60 years few thought Sadat would last Long when he succeeded the flamboyant a hero of arabs from the Atlantic to the persian As president in Nasser sudden death thrust the quiet apparently weak Vic president into the limelight As a Compromise candidate to spare the country a left right split Between two other much stronger it was the october 1973 War which turned Sadat into a National hero paradoxical paved the Way for his Jerusalem the Camp David peace accords and later Progress towards an egyptian israeli gives country new Confidence egyptian military successes gave the army and the country new Sadat got the credit for what was regarded As a major psychological Victory which virtually silenced his critics at he purged his opponents and dismantled much of Nasser state in Sadat had expelled All soviet military experts from they had been brought in by Nasser after Egypt humiliating defeat by Israel in he again took the world by Surprise in june when he reopened the Suez canal in Advance of any new israeli troop withdrawal into the his action brought International Goodwill to which he recognized was necessary if the arabs were to obtain a satisfactory settlement of the Middle East until this year it was Egypt Desper ate poverty and Lack of economic Progress rather than any Domestic criticism of his policy towards Israel that posed a problem for he had pinned his Faith on an open door policy to the West which has filled shops with consumer goods but done Little for such Basic problems As social services and increased Sadat was a Complex mixture of journalist and he was fluent in German and persian As Well As Brown from touching head a devout he joked that the Brown Mark on the Centre of his fore head comes from touching his prayer mat As he bows toward Mecca five times a he and his Hal English wife Jihan lived in an elegant mansion in the Giza area of his first marriage ended in divorce in he has six surviving daughters and a son named Sadat was bom on december the son of a poor military clerk and a sudanese he joined the became an officer and was one of the men close to Nasser when he overthrew the monarchy in on Sadat made an epoch Al trip of peace to and ended a 36hour Mission by joining with the Israel prime Menachem in repeated pledges of no More Sadat had suggested the historic visit to his parliament and begin seized upon the in a broadcast on israels arabic radio begin addressed a plea for peace to the egyptian people and told them their Leader was Wel come in the leaders of Egypt and two nations that had fought four wars in 25 met on israeli Sadat was the first Arab Leader to visit the jewish state since its founding in a fanfare of a military Salute and a warm Welcome from israels leaders greeted Sadat when hear Rived at be Gurion International As he walked from the egyptian Airliner to a waiting Sadat Shook hands with people whose very names recalled the years of conflict that marked relations Between Israel and the Arab among Moshe Golda former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel at one Sadat stopped and had a special greeting for Golda also a former prime i have wanted to meet you for a Long Sadat Meir replied so have i waited a Long time to meet after the Airport Welcome and Exchange of Sadat was driven to Jerusalem where he and his retinue stayed at the King David the following morning Sadat prayed at Ai Aksa a sacred shrine in the ancient walled City of where he took part with his Arab co religionists in id or feast of he then visited a Chris Tian the Church of the holy Seoul and had israels memorial to the six million jews killed by germans in the second world later in the Sadat delivered his plea for peace in israels parliament Knes combining the address with a Blunt reminder that deep differences still separated the two nations after a generation of speaking in Sadat declared that he had not undertaken his journey to Israel to conclude a peace to end the state of belligerency or to arrange a new disengagement of Ive come to deliver a he which was that the arabs insisted on peace with pledged peace settlement Sadat said this could depend on Isra Els withdrawal from occupied Arab including East Jerusalem and the recognition of the rights of the he pledged a peace settlement that would in clude recognition of israels right to exist within secure if you want to live with us in this part of the in sincerity i Tell you we Welcome you among us with All Security and Sadat but he went on to in the spirit that has prompted me to come to you i Tell you that you have to give up once and for All the dreams of Conquest and to give up the belief that Force is the Best method of dealing with the november meeting led to another Between Sadat and begin on Christmas at unable to reach a breakthrough in matters of they arranged the political conference in Jerusa Lem and parallel military talks in Sadat was born 1918 in Mit Abu a Small Village of mud huts and Dusty alleys surrounded by Cotton Fields and Orange Groves in the Nile Delta Between Cairo and his Mother was which accounted for his dark when he was his parents moved to Cairo where his father became a clerk in a military Sadat rarely went to Abdin in Central where the presidential staff is he worked and lived in one of eight presidential rest houses at his disposal be tween Aswan and the Mediterranean coast most frequently in his House in Cairo on the left Bank of the or in a Large country Villa at the 15 Miles North of the capital where the Nile Delta constant Stream of visitors his was a very verbal style of govern ministers and other officials called on put their Case to him and heard his decision on either immediately or on a later the constant Stream of visitors included Many some of Sadat critics said his style of government isolated him from the reality the country and that he was dependent on the views of the officials he saw Sadat and his second lived in an elegant mansion in the Giza Section of Cairo on the she was the daughter of an egyptian and an English they had a son and three under islamic Law Sadat was still legally married to his first he had three daughters by fluent in German and Sadat was imposing in appearance impeccably with very dark and and a dark callus in the Center of his forehead from years of praying with head to the he was an avid Reader whose tastes ranged from classical islamic literature to the novels of Lloyd Douglas and Zane and he expressed the desire to retire to his Village where he could write and Lead his own besides revolt on the Nile whose style one British critic described As Jaunty Sadat authored an unpublished political novel entitled the Prince of the in memoirs published Sadat disclosed that he had two heart attacks and diplomats said doctors told him to avoid egyptian president Anwar Sadat was killed today by troops from his own Holiday resorts give free vacations Montreal Canadian a division of incentive a Canadian sales promotion is offering complimentary vacation packages at seven Holiday resorts in the complimentary certificates Are valid until 1982 and entitle two adults plus two children under twelve accommodations paid in full for three Days and two nights at each with advanced reservations the program is sponsored by 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