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Contemporary era · 1979

Egypt–Israel peace treaty

Egypt becomes the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel, following the 1978 Camp David Accords. Israel returns the Sinai by 1982.

Signing of the peace treaty, March 1979
Signing of the peace treaty, March 1979 · Warren K. Leffler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1979
Where
Washington, D.C.
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Israeli–Palestinian conflict1917 – todayEgypt2,800 BCE – todayIsrael1,457 BCE – todayUnited States1585 – today

Before and after

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals1979International Year of the Child1979Show on timeline

Sources: Egypt–Israel peace treaty, معاهدة السلام بين مصر وإسرائيل

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