OMAR SHARIF: SADAT'S SECRET ENVOY TO BEGIN
Famous Egyptian actor Omar Sharif revealed that late President Anwar Sadat sent him 'to feel Begin's pulse' regarding Jerusalem's willingness to host him, before his 1977 visit, London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat reports. In a speech delivered during the annual Arab-American Conference against Discrimination, Sharif said that Sadat had called him 30 years ago and asked him to check Israel's position on the possibility that Sadat would visit there. The goal was to end the hostility between the two countries. Sharif said he immediately went to the Israeli embassy in Paris and asked to meet with the ambassador. The actor also disclosed that he even spoke to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, though the reports didn't specify whether he indeed had an active role in the historic visit.
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