11.   He said Sharon had demurred but asked the Egyptian leader to set up a secret meeting for him with Abdullah.

12.   Israel has long said that it would welcome an official visit by the Egyptian leader, and in recent years it has said so with increasing impatience.

13.   Joining him were Jehan Sadat, widow of slain Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, and two Israeli politicians who called for an end to fighting with Palestinians.

14.   Lewis, who was there, said that Carter enjoyed an empathetic relationship with the Egyptian leader, Anwar el-Sadat, who most wanted the deal.

15.   That witness, Abdo Mohammed Haggag, testified that Abdel-Rahman told him to assassinate Mubarak while the Egyptian leader was visiting the United States two years ago.

16.   The Egyptian leader described that approach as shortsighted, and repeated the advice he said he had given to President Ronald Reagan a decade ago.

17.   The Egyptian leader has already talked of convening an Arab summit.

18.   The Egyptian leader remarked that Warren Christopher was the ideal secretary for the past four years.

19.   The Egyptian leader will visit the United States this week.

20.   The Egyptian leader has also called for a lifting of United Nations sanctions on neighboring Libya, which provides jobs for tens of thousands of Egyptian workers.