Israel International Relations:
Egypt-Israel Relations

Reference

• Overview of Israel-Egypt Cooperation
  • Review of Bilateral Ties
• Anti-Semitism in the Egyptian Press
• Multinational Force and Observers
• Natural Gas Deal (2005)
• Agreement on the Gaza Border (2005)

Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty

• Background & Overview
  • Israel Rejects Egypt Peace Plan (1978)
  • Text of Final Peace Treaty (1979)
  • The Yamit Evacuation (1982)
  • 30th Anniversary of the Treaty (2009)
• Camp David Negotiations

Important Figures

• Israeli Leaders:
  • Golda Meir
  • Menachem Begin
  • Yitzhak Rabin
  • Ariel Sharon
  • Benjamin Netanyahu
• Egyptian Leaders:
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser
  • Anwar al-Sadat
  • Hosni Mubarak
  • Mohamed Morsi

Wars & Peace

• Israeli War of Independnce (1948)
  • Armistice Agreement
• Suez War (1956)
  • Nasser Nationalizes Suez Canal
• Six-Day War (1967)
  • Nasser Says War Unavoidable (1964)
• War of Attrition (1968-70)
  • Nasser Refuses to Compromise (1968)
• Yom Kippur/October War (1973)
  • Six-Point Agreement for Ceasefire (1973)
  • Forces Separation Agreement - Sinai I (1974)
  • Interim Peace Agreement - Sinai II (1975)

Primary Source Documents

• Speeches:
  • Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Jerusalem (1977)
  • Israeli PM Menachem Begin on Sadat Visit (1977)
  • Former Israeli PM Golda Meir to Sadat (1977)
  • PM Begin to Knesset on Treaty With Egypt (1979)
  • US President Jimmy Carter on Peace Treaty (1979)
  • PM Begin on the Peace Treaty (1979)
• Letters:
  • US President Ford to Israeli PM Rabin (1975)
  • Sadat-Begin Letter to President Carter (1979)
  • Reagan on US Forces in Multinational Force (1982)
• Press Conferences:
  • Begin-Sadat Press Conference (1977)
  • Carter Announces Main Elements of Treaty (1979)
  • Carter-Sadat-Begin Remarks at Treaty Signing (1979)