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”Peace” - historic special issue of the Daily News covering Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel - שלום - ”Peace”: Historic issue of the New York Daily News, Sunday, November 20, 1977, enthusiastically covering the visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Israel - the first leader of an Arab state to visit Israel. The issue's headline, ”Shalom”, printed in Hebrew, effectively heralded the beginning of an era of peace between Israel and Egypt, culminating in the signing of the historic peace treaty approximately a year and a half later. Complete issue. ”Jerusalem - Despite the fury of the Arab world against him, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrived in Israel last night on a historic peace mission and immediately held an unexpected first round of talks with Prime Minister Menachem Begin. It was the first face-to-face meeting in history between an Arab head of state and an Israeli leader. Sadat and Begin met for approximately 40 minutes in Sadat's hotel suite. Shortly afterward, Begin and tens of thousands of Israelis gave the Egyptian leader a stirring hero's welcome. Many Israelis wept openly. Sadat's eyes misted over. Begin, too, was close to tears...” (From the opening of the issue). A special issue devoted to one of the most dramatic and formative events in the history of the Middle East - the historic visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem. The front page features an enormous headline in bold Hebrew type: ”Shalom”, alongside the English headline: ”Israel Gives Sadat a Rousing 'Shalom'”. Beside it is a moving photograph of Prime Minister Menachem Begin smiling as he greets President Anwar Sadat upon his arrival. The issue contains extensive coverage of the visit, including in-depth reports by the newspaper's correspondents from Israel's borders and Jerusalem, and a detailed map of the itinerary of Sadat's visit to Jerusalem (including visits to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Yad Vashem Museum). The issue is accompanied by historic photographs documenting highlights of the visit - Sadat and Begin standing during the national anthem at Ben Gurion Airport, Sadat reviewing the IDF honor guard, the meeting with Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and President Ephraim Katzir, and more. On the other side, there are also reports on reactions throughout the Arab world to the visit, including demonstrations, the burning of tires in Beirut, and the immediate severing of diplomatic relations by Libya and Syria. Egyptian President Sadat's visit to Israel, which began on November 19, 1977 and lasted three days, was a historic event that marked a turning point in Israeli-Egyptian relations, opened a new era in the history of the Middle East, and led two years later to the signing of the historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel. On November 9, Sadat announced before the Egyptian Parliament that he was prepared ”to go to the ends of the earth, and even to travel to the Israeli Parliament and address the Knesset”, in order to prevent bloodshed. Prime Minister Menachem Begin quickly rose to the challenge and issued a formal invitation. Approximately 3,000 journalists, broadcasters, and television personnel arrived in Israel to cover the visit, and the ceremony was broadcast live in the United States. Sadat addressed the Knesset plenum and met with all the Knesset factions. By the very act of coming to Israel, Sadat granted long-awaited recognition to the State of Israel and its sovereignty, and transformed the negotiations from tentative contacts through secret channels into a public and binding dialogue. Through the visit, Sadat opened the way to a peace process with Israel, culminating in the signing of the Camp David Accords, which paved the way for the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt on March 26, 1979. In September 1978 (approximately 10 months after the visit), U.S. President Jimmy Carter convened Sadat and Begin for a secluded summit at Camp David, where the fundamental frameworks for peace were signed. On March 26, 1979 - approximately 16 months after the historic visit to Jerusalem - the formal peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was signed on the White House lawn in Washington, transforming the moment captured in the newspaper into the most enduring diplomatic agreement in the history of the region. Sadat, together with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, his partner in the peace process, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 128 pages. Complete issue. Minor tears to the edges of some leaves. Overall good condition.