Camp David Accords - popular name for the historic peace accords forged in 1978 between Israel and Egypt at the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Md. The official agreement was signed on Mar. 26, 1979, in Washington, D.C. by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem
Begin and Egyptian President Anwar al-
Sadat, with U.S. President Jimmy
Carter signing as a witness. Under the pact, which was denounced by other Arab states, Israel agreed to return the
Sinai to Egypt, a transfer that was completed in 1982. In a joint letter the two nations also agreed to negotiate Palestinian autonomy measures in the Israeli-occupied
West Bank and
Gaza Strip, but virtually no progress was made on this issue until the 1990s. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved. |