Anwar Sadat, like Begin, also opposes a…

Anwar Sadat, like Begin, also opposes a Geneva conference, seeing it as a way for Syria, supported by the Soviet Union, to gain influence in an Arab-Israeli settlement.

Sadat realizes that if an international conference is held, Egypt's recovery of Sinai, which is his primary objective in dealing with Israel, will be secondary to the Palestinian issue and the return of the Golan Heights to Syria.