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Jehan Sadat: Palestinians are more like Jews than like Egyptians


Deborah Solomon’s Q&A in tomorrow’s New York Times Magazine is with Anwar Sadat’s widow, Jehan.  Here’s an excerpt:

Why can’t the Palestinians, your fellow Muslims, be part of your country? 
Because they are not Egyptian. Gaza is their land, and they have the right to have their own state.

I’ve heard the Palestinians characterized as being very smart and fond of argument, not unlike Israelis. 
Believe me, they are more like the Jews than us. By the way, most of the Palestinians are very well educated. Because they are a minority, they are like the Jews. They are intellectuals.

Any thoughts on Hillary Clinton, who just completed her first mission to the Middle East as secretary of state? 
I’m very proud of her, this lady. I know her, and she is very intelligent. When [her husband] became president, I paid a courtesy visit to her in the White House, and she was taking notes while I was talking. Very practical woman!

She was not yet 16 when she married Sadat, who was 29.  She was present when he was assassinated in 1981 but was pushed down for safety and did not see him shot.  You can read more about her at her own website and him here.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 7:52 pm March 14th, 2009 in Foreign Affairs, Gaza, Hillary Clinton, Israel, leadership, Politics, war, Women 

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