Peace with Israel remains the central plank of Egypt's foreign policy, and peace has allowed
President Sadat to concentrate on rebuilding Egypt's economy. But stalemate in the Middle East over Palestinian rights and the continuing crisis in the Lebanon have heightened hostility - both at home and in other Arab states-towards Egypt's normalisation . of relations with Israel. Donald
MacCormick reports for Newsweek from Cairo on the pressures on President Sadat to deliver the dividends of peace.
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