Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty |
The Israel-Egypt peace
treaty was signed in Washington on March 26, 1979. It consisted of Israel returning the Sinai Peninsula including its oil wells and strategic location, dismantling
Israeli Settlements and removing (in some instances such as
Yamit forcefully), the Jewish population of the area, in exchange for Egypt recognizing
Israel's right to exist and pledging not to attack it again. Also involved was an arrangement of autonomy for the Palestinian population of the disputed Israeli territories of the West Bank (known as Judea and Samaria in Israel) and the Gaza Strip. The
agreement notably made Egypt the first Arab country to officially recognize Israel (Jordan would follow in 1994 with the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace), for which it was rewarded with billions of dollars in yearly
aid from the United States.
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