A bipartisan bill to honor late Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat posthumously will be introduced to Congress on Tuesday. Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Ben Cardin, Representative Chris Stewart and Representative Grace Meng proposed awarding Sadat the Congressional Gold Medal over leading Egypt to peace with Israel. The medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress, would be conferred in 2018, which marks a century since Sadat’s birth. “President Sadat is recognized in the United States and throughout the world as a respected leader and champion of peace whose vision provided a road map for the peaceful resolution of conflict that endures nearly 40 years after its inception,” the bill reads, according to the Jerusalem Post. Entitled the Anwar Sadat Centennial Celebration Act, the bill adds “President Sadat bravely reached out to Israel and dedicated himself to peace, furthering the national security of Egypt and the stability of the Middle East.” Ezra Friedlander, an Orthodox Jew and CEO of the public affairs consulting firm the Friedlander Group, a New York-based publicity and lobbying firm with a focus on Jewish issues, coordinated the bill’s introduction to Congress, the Jerusalem Post reported. “President…
