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Egypt–Israel peace treaty

March 26, 1979 · White House, Washington, D.C.

First peace treaty between Israel and an Arab state, following the Camp David Accords. Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt.

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Key people

Jimmy Carter President of the United States, Mediated Anwar Sadat President of Egypt, Signed Menachem Begin Prime Minister of Israel, Signed

Participants

Before and after

Followed from
Camp David Accords September 17, 1978
Led to
Assassination of Anwar Sadat October 6, 1981

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