Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty

The Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty (Arabic: معاهدة السلام المصرية الإسرائيلية; transliterated: Mu`āhadat as-Salām al-Masrīyah al-'Isrā'īlīyah) (Hebrew: הסכם השלום בין ישראל למצרים; transliterated: Heskem HaShalom Bein Yisrael LeMitzraim) was signed in Washington, DC, United States, on March 26, 1979, following the Camp David Accords (1978). The main features of the treaty were the mutual recognition of each country by the other, the cessation of the state of war that had existed since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the complete withdrawal by Israel of its armed forces and civilians from the rest of the Sinai Peninsula which Israel had captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. The agreement also provided for the free passage of Israeli ships through the Suez Canal and recognition of the Strait of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba as international waterways.

Compliance

On May 18 1981 the President of the UN Security Council indicated that the United Nations would be unable to provide an observation force, due to the threat of a veto of the motion by the USSR at the request of Syria. As a result of the United Nations Security Council impasse, Egypt, Israel and the United States opened negotiations to set up a peacekeeping organization outside the framework of the UN. On August 3 1981, the Protocol to the Treaty of Peace was signed, establishing the Multinational Force and Observers.10 Tactical Air Group: "Canadian Contingent Multinational Force and Observers Handbook" (unclassified), page A-1. DND, Ottawa, 1986.] This observation force monitors the Parties to the treaty compliance to the terms of the treaty.

Importance

*The agreement notably made Egypt the first Arab country to officially recognize Israel.

*The peace treaty was signed sixteen months after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel in 1977 after intense negotiation.

ee also

*Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement
*Yamit
*Taba
*Anwar Sadat
*Menachem Begin
*Jimmy Carter

Arab-Israeli peace diplomacy and treaties

*Paris Peace Conference, 1919
*Faisal-Weizmann Agreement (1919)
*1949 Armistice Agreements
*Camp David Accords (1978)
*Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (1979)
*Madrid Conference of 1991
*Oslo Accords (1993)
*Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace (1994)
*Camp David 2000 Summit
*Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
*Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs
*List of Middle East peace proposals
*International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict

References

External links

* [http://www.mfa.gov.eg/MFA_Portal/en-GB/Foreign_Policy/Treaties/Treaty+of+Peace+between+the+Arab+Republic+of+Egypt+and+the+State+of+Israel+26+March+1979.htm Text of the Treaty] , at the site of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace%20Process/Guide%20to%20the%20Peace%20Process/Israel-Egypt%20Peace%20Treaty Text of the Treaty] , at the site of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/COLD_PEACE?SITE=CAVIC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Crisis hurts Israeli-Egypt ties] Sally Buzbee, Associated Press January 23, 2008