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Camp David Accords Research Paper

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In 1978, the Egyptian President Anwar El-Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Accords. The signing of the accords was followed by a formal peace treaty between Israel and Egypt in March of 1979. Both the Israeli and Egyptian took significant risks and while many parties seemed to favor the peace deal, there were still segments of the society which either were skeptical or disapproved. Most notably, a group of Arab leaders known as the “Steadfastness Front” attempted to oppose the deal and considered Sadat’s actions as traitorous. (Central Intelligence Agency) Sadat was also met with strong movements against him following the announcement of the deal from his own people, and he was assassinated in 1981. Sadat risked much on the possibility of peace between their people, a peace that has managed to persist to this day, …show more content…

The history of modern Egypt begins with the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the interference of the French and British in 1798. Following the British claim of South Africa, a move designed to stop French access to East Asia, Napoleon was directed to take control of Egypt with the intention of building a canal to circumvent British South Africa. While the French conquest of Egypt was unsuccessful, it did result in Muhammad Ali’s assignment by the Ottoman Sultan to the region. Ali established himself and over the course of the early 1800s managed to carve out a significant standing in Egypt and implemented many reforms that helped to push Egypt ahead of much of the Ottoman Empire as the Suez Canal brought money and western influence into the region. By 1882, the British had taken control of Egypt from the Ottomans, with their focus on protecting the canal. However, rising Arab nationalism prompted the British to grant independence in 1922-establishing the Kingdom of Egypt which existed until

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