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On the 17th September 1978 the Camp David Accords, which led to the first ever peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Brokered by US President Jimmy Carter, the two frameworks that were agreed upon gained their name from the Presidential retreat at Camp David where the negotiations took place.
Having accepted Carter’s invitation to attend talks, Begin didn’t expect to leave with anything more than a framework for future meetings. Egypt and Israel had been at war for a number of years, and the ... |