Camp David Accords Signed
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Date
March 26, 1979
Type
World
Author
hjwilson1975
Location
Washington,
District of Columbia,
United States
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Event Details
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 1979, following the Camp David Accords.
Brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the treaty ended a state of war that had existed between the two nations since 1948 and resulted in Israel returning the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt.