Egypt–Israel peace treaty
The Egypt–Israel peace treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., United States, on 26 March 1979, following the 1978 Camp David Accords. The Egypt–Israel treaty was signed by Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, and witnessed by Jimmy Carter, President of the United States.
Sadat, Carter and Begin at the signing ceremony
Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at Camp David, 1978.
The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, the country retreat of the President of the United States in Maryland. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House and were witnessed by President Jimmy Carter. The second of these frameworks led directly to the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. Due to the agreement, Sadat and Begin received the shared 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. The first framework, which dealt with the Palestinian territories, was written without participation of the Palestinians and was condemned by the United Nations.
Celebrating the signing of the Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at Camp David, 1978
Begin and Brzezinski playing chess at Camp David
A 1978 meeting at Camp David with (seated, l-r) Aharon Barak, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, and Ezer Weizman.