THE WASHINGTON POST, SUNDAY, MARCH 2 5, 1 9 79
ÛÏItÛªs JimmyÛªs show,Û Anwar Sadat said of the signing of the Egyptian-Is-raeli peace treaty in Washington this week. Rightly so.</br></br>For what the treaty chiefly signifies is a changing American mood. Though only tentatively so far, the United States is moving to add to the great commitments toward Europe and Japan a new commitmentÛÓa commitment to the security of the Mideast.</br></br>The text of the treaty, to be sure, stipulates mainly for performance of one kind or another by Israel and Egypt. The Israelis contract to withdraw from the whole of the Sinai peninsula-including air bases, a naval base, oil fields, a couple of major towns and one important chain of settlements. The first stage of the withdrawal will be completed by the end of this year, the full withdrawal by April 26,1982.</br></br>Egypt commits itself to accord Israel full recognition as a sovereign state, including diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level by the end of January 1980. Both countries undertake to achieve what the treaty calls ÛÏautonomy for PalestiniansÛ living on the</br></br>Inextricably mixed up with the Israeli and Egyptian pledges, however, are American undertakings. Washington has bound itself to pay much of the cost for the removal of the Israeli armed forces from bases in the Sinai to new positions in the Negev Desert.