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The Camp David Accords were a significant event for the Middle East Peace Process. For the first time an Arab state entered direct negotiations with Israel. Furthermore, a main result was the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
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Overview
- Date: 17 Sep 1978
- Location: Camp David, USA
- Event: Signing of two treaties
- Framework for Peace in the Middle East
- Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel
Parties & Persons Involved
- Israel
- Menachem Begin (1913 – 1992), Israeli prime minister
- Egypt
- Anwar El Sadat (1918 – 1981), Egyptian president
- United States of America
- Jimmy Carter (1924 – ), U.S. President
Background
- Palestinian question:
- Palestinians lost their home
- Areas of Palestinian settlements in the West Bank & the Gaza Strip are controlled by Israel
- Palestinian terrorist attacks against Israel
- Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Still Arab countries are formally in a state of war with Israel
- Arab states deny Israel the right to exist
- Israel controls territories which were part of Arab countries, esp. the former Egyptian Sinai
History
Before the Camp David Accords
- 1947/48: After the Israeli War of Independence & the founding of the State of Israel the Middle East Conflict unfolds
- 04 – 10 Jun 1967: Israel gains control over the Golan Heights, West Bank & Sinai during the Six Day War
- 06 – 25 Oct 1973: Israel prevails in the Yom Kippur War by repulsing an Egyptian-Syrian attack
- 1977: Diplomatic initiatives of president Carter to find a multinational solution
- 1977: (covert) bilateral negotiations between Israel & Egypt
- 09 Nov 1977: Sadat announces in front of the Egyptian parliament that he would even go to Jerusalem to achieve peace in the Middles East
- Israeli government invites Sadat to speak in the Knesset
- 20 Nov 1977: Sadat visits Jerusalem & holds a speech in the Knesset - Sadat emphasises on the UN resolutions 242 & 238:
- Withdrawal of Israeli troops from the territories occupied in 1967
- Recognition of the right to exist for all of the states in the Middle East
The Camp David Accords
- 06 – 08 Aug 1978: Begin & Sadat (& U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance) agree on 05 Sep as the date for the Camp David meeting
- 05 – 17 Sep 1978: President Carter mediates negotiations between Begin & Sadat
- 17 Sep 1978: Signing of the Camp David Accords
- Framework for Peace in the Middle East
- Autonomy for Palestinian territories
- Security for Israel
- Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel
- “Land for peace“ regarding the Sinai
- Framework for Peace in the Middle East
After the Camp David Accords
- 1978: Nobel Peace Prize for Begin & Sadat
- 26 Mar 1979: Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty
- Until 1982: Withdrawal of all Israeli forces from the Sinai
- 1979 – 1989: Arab League suspends Egypt
- 06 Oct 1981: Assassination of Sadat by Jihadists
Consequences & Impact
- First Arab-Israeli Peace
- Egypt is temporarily isolated within the Arab world
- The pan-Arab movement is weakened
- Affront against Jordan because she was excluded from the negotiations about the West Bank
- Precedence (for Arab states & organisations) that negotiations can contribute to the solution of the Middle East Conflict
- Oslo Peace Process (1993)
- Israeli-Jordan Peace Treaty (1994)