#TBT: Carter Negotiates Peace Between Egypt And Israel

 

     On September 17th, 1978, President Jimmy Carter succeeded in securing the signatures of Egypt and Israel in the Camp David Accords, negotiated over the course of 12 days at said Maryland presidential retreat. This pair of agreements laid the framework for the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty that earned Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin a shared 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. 

     Settling a violent conflict that had been ongoing since 1948, it called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and civilians from the Sinai Peninsula, gave Egyptians free passage to Jordan, and gave Egypt their oil fields back in exchange for Israel receiving the right to pass through the Suez Canal, protection from the placement of weapons near their border, and the restoration of normal diplomatic relations with Egypt. 

     A section of the treaty that dealt with Palestinian territories was rejected by the United Nations, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict remains unresolved to this day.

     Anwar Sadat would be assassinated by Islamic nationalists in 1981 as a direct result of the agreements; Carter would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, not for the Camp David Accords, but for his work with the Carter Center.