1979 Egypt-Israel peace treaty

History Prior to Treaty

26 March 1979
Signed by Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin
The agreement notably made Egypt the first Arab state to officially recognize Israel, although it has been described as a “cold peace”.
Main Features of Treaty:
- Mutual recognition
- Cessation of the state of war
- Normalization of Relations
  - Effect in January 1980
  - Ambassadors exchanged in February
  - Boycott Laws repealed by Egypt’s parliament
  - Regular airline flights
  - Egypt supplying Israel with crude oil
- Israel withdraw of Sinai Peninsula
- Sinai Peninsula demilitarized
- Israeli ship free passage through Suez Canal
  - Strait of Tiran and Gulf of Aqaba as international waterways
- Full autonomy of Palestinian inhabitants
  - Terms not implemented but basis for Oslo Accords

“Let them sign what they like. False peace will not last” -Yasser Arafat
On the other hand, the treaty led both Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin to share the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for bringing peace between the two states.
Egypt was suspended from the Arab League in 1979–1989
Sadat was assassinated on 6 October 1981 by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad severed all relations with Egypt after the signing of the peace deal, and diplomatic relations were not re-established until 2005, when Egypt once again enjoyed warm relations with Syria under the rule of Bashar al-Assad.

From the Camp David peace accords in 1978 until 2000, the United States has subsidized Egypt’s armed forces with over $38 billion worth of aid. Egypt receives about $1.3 billion annually.

1979 March: Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
- The agreement notably made Egypt the first Arab state to officially recognize Israel,(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Israel_peace_treaty#cite_note-AccTxt-2) although it has been described as a “cold peace”.
  - This treaty was received with enormous controversy across the Arab world, where it was condemned and considered a stab in the back. The sense of outrage was particularly strong amongst Palestinians, with the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, stating: “Let them sign what they like. False peace will not last”.
  - Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin to share the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for bringing peace between the two states.
  - as a result of the treaty, Egypt was suspended from the Arab League in 1979–1989, and Sadat was assassinated on 6 October 1981 by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
  - As part of the agreement, the U.S. began economic and military aid to Egypt, and political backing for its subsequent governments. From the Camp David peace accords in 1978 until 2000, the United States has subsidized Egypt’s armed forces with over $38 billion worth of aid. Egypt receives about $1.3 billion annually.
  - Egypt–Israel peace treaty - Wikipedia