According to a Fatah commander who had helped Assistance to plan Arranging the attack Attack , the timing was aimed Aiming at scuppering Destroying the Israeli-Egyptian peace talks Communication between Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat and damaging Damaging tourism in Israel .

Leaders to twenty Arab countries were present Presence , including King Hussein of Jordan and Anwar Sadat of Egypt , together with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) .

Within a week , Israeli artillery began Process_start to shell the outskirts of Damascus , and Egyptian President Sadat began to worry about the integrity of his major ally .