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Camp David Accords

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Also known as: “Framework for Peace in the Middle East”

Written by Jimmy Carter

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Category: History & Society

Date:: September 17, 1978

Location:: Maryland; United States

Participants:: Egypt; Israel

Key People:: Menachem Begin; Jimmy Carter; Anwar Sadat; Cyrus Vance

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Camp David Accords, agreements between Israel and Egypt signed on September 17, 1978, that led in the following year to a peace treaty between those two countries, the first such treaty between Israel and any of its Arab neighbours. Brokered by U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter (this author) between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian Pres. Anwar Sadat and officially titled the “Framework for Peace in the Middle East,” the agreements became known as the Camp David Accords because the negotiations took place at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. Sadat and Begin were awarded the Nobel Prize ...(100 of 1186 words)

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