The Camp David Accords turn 30
Today, Sept. 17, is the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Camp David Accords. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met with U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, for 13 tense days — from Sept. 5 to Sept. 17, 1978 — to hammer out the agreements that led to the March ...
Today, Sept. 17, is the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Camp David Accords. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met with U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, for 13 tense days -- from Sept. 5 to Sept. 17, 1978 -- to hammer out the agreements that led to the March 26, 1979, peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Under the terms of the treaty, Israel agreed to withdraw from Sinai, Egypt agreed to allow Israeli ships to traverse the Suez Canal, and the two agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations.
Today, Sept. 17, is the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Camp David Accords. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin met with U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Camp David, Maryland, for 13 tense days — from Sept. 5 to Sept. 17, 1978 — to hammer out the agreements that led to the March 26, 1979, peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Under the terms of the treaty, Israel agreed to withdraw from Sinai, Egypt agreed to allow Israeli ships to traverse the Suez Canal, and the two agreed to establish normal diplomatic relations.
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Carter and Sadat on Sept. 6, 1978 | Carter and Begin on Mar. 26, 1979 |
Of course, those days weren’t the last time Carter met with the leaders of Egypt and Israel. Here are a couple recent shots of the former president, still at it: |
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With Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Apr. 17, 2008 | With then-interim Israeli PM Ehud Olmert on Jan. 22, 2006 |
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