DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: Today's "CNN 20" marking the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Sinai.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At 7:30 this morning the Israeli flag came down for the last time at Sharm el Sheikh to end 15 years of Israeli occupation, 15 years in which the Israelis made the Sinai part of their own country. It was a brief but emotional ceremony. The most remarkable aspect of this handover between two peace partners is that on this historic day they never came together to shake hands. As a tiny convoy brought the last dozen Israeli soldiers out, the Egyptian administration moved in, it is a measure of the mistrust between them. At Raffa (ph), the town split in half by the new border fence, the Palestinian flag, the emblem of Israel's most hated enemy, went up within feet of Israeli soil, and the Egyptians did nothing to remove it.</s>JAY BUSHINSKY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Egyptian flag was run up at the new border terminal south of Raffa in what was supposed to be a modest ceremony. The highlight of the occasion was the arrival of torches from Cairo. They signify the Egyptian national spirit and were kindled by marathon runners who reached the Raffa border from Cairo. Predictably, in the Middle East, especially in the Arab world, the crowd was brimming with emotion. (on camera): Now all of Sinai is Egyptian again. For the Israelis, this is the result of a gamble for the sake of peace; and for the Egyptians, this is the vindication of a bold peace policy. Jay Bushinsky, CNN, at Raffa, on the Israel-Egypt border.
CNN 20: Israeli Troops Leave Sinai, April 25, 1982