Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty based on the Camp David Accords mediated by US President Jimmy Carter. It provided free passage for Israeli ships in the Suez Canal and recognition of Gulf of Aqaba, Strait of Tiran.
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| | Egypt became the first Arab nation to officially recognize Israel, leading to a shared Nobel Peace Prize for Sadat and Begin. However there was a backlash, with Egypt’s suspension from the Arab League until 1989 and Sadat’s assassination in 1981 by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. [link] [comments] |
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