"We shall not give even a single grain of the sands of the Sinai as a gift." —Israeli Premier Menachem Begin
"[Begin] is like a man who steals your cow. You ask for it back, and he demands a ransom." —Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
Never had the war of words between the Middle East's two outspoken protagonists been quite so bitter; never before had their personal animosity been so nakedly displayed. As Cairo's semiofficial daily al-Ahram put it last week: "The Middle East question has reached a peak of political and diplomatic confrontation...
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