Camp David Accords
In September 1978, President Carter brought Israeli Prime Minister Begin and Egyptian President Sadat to Camp David for thirteen days of direct negotiation, personally mediating between two leaders who frequently refused to speak to each other. The resulting framework produced the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty (March 1979), under which Egypt recognised Israel and received the return of the Sinai; a separate framework for Palestinian autonomy negotiations that was never implemented. Carter's investment of his political capital was enormous and exhausting; the outcome transformed Middle Eastern geopolitics.
- Year: 1978 CE
- Category: Political
