Anwar Sadat

’s Decision To Make Peace With Israel Essay, Research Paper

Throughout time the decisions made by an individual or a group, such as

President Anwar Sadat and his decision to make peace with Israel has

dramatically changed the course of history. Every leader in history has

made a decision that has affected the world, or just his nation in some way.

After many years of struggling to keep peace among the Jews and Arabs,

President Anwar Sadat, finally decided to make peace with Israel. Peace

between Israel and Egypt would mean great changes were going to take

place. This momentous decision would be a large step up for the two nations

and would lead to them better lives, in peace.

Before the Egyptian Israeli Peace Pact was signed in 1978, Palestine

and Israel were enemies with each other in every way possible. They were

nowhere near being on good terms with one another. One war constantly

followed another, and it was impossible for them to live in peace. Neither

side saw even a slight possibility of this happening. Since Arab nations

refused to accept the fact that Israel could be a Jewish state, all the

Arabs had on their minds was the destruction of the country. Anwar Sadat

was prepared to sacrifice one million soldiers in the destruction of Israel

(Bard, http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/73_War.html).

The Suez War(1956), which followed the Israeli War of

Independence, the British, French, and the US agreed not to supply the

Israeli or Arabs with any needed weapons. Since they could not get weapons

from those countries, Egypt made an arms deal with Czechoslovakia. Now,

with their weapons, Egypt was able to invade Israel constantly. Egyptian

President Nassar nationalized the Suez Canal, and did not allow Israel, or

the French and British to use it, since they were supplying Israel with

armaments. The three nations, Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt,

and immediately defeated the Egyptians. The French and British protected

and occupied the canal.

The next war fought was the Six Day War(1967), which was fought

between Israel and three other countries. In the south, Israel fought the

Egyptians. In the central region, they fought Jordan, and in the north, they

fought Syria. Israel managed to defeat all three countries without any

trouble, and gain significant territory that would serve as its buffers in

future years (Gilbert, pg. 67-68).

On October 6, 1973, the Jews celebrated their holiest day of the

Jewish year, Yom Kippur. This was the only war that the Israelis were not

prepared for. The Egyptians and Syrians planned this surprise attack on

Israel, knowing that they weren.t expecting the invasion. They didn.t think

that the Arabs would have the nerve to attack on the holiest day. Since it is

a fast day, that made it worse, since the soldiers were considerably weaker

on that day. Nine Arab states helped along with the Egyptian-Syrian war

effort. The Yom Kippur War ended as a tie. A tie didn.t look good for

Israel, since they had won all of the previous wars, however it looked better

for the Arabs.

In 1978, the Camp David Accords were signed between Israeli Prime

Minister, Menachem Begin, and Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, in

Maryland at Camp David along with US President Jimmy Carter as a witness.

The Camp David Accords first began when President Sadat took a trip to

Jerusalem to discuss the topic of peace between Egypt and Israel with

Prime Minister Begin. This visit started talks between the two countries and

had them developing peace negotiations. In the midst of creating peace,

there was a period where nothing else was being done. Since there was a

deadlock, President Carter invited both Sadat and Begin to Camp David to

work out a permanent peace agreement. The Camp David Accords were

signed in September, 1978. In March 1979, the peace treaty, better known

as the Egyptian Israeli Peace Pact, was completely finished and was finally

signed.

The Egyptian Israeli Peace Pact was signed in 1979 in Washington.

The treaty has nine articles. The treaty has a military annex, an annex

dealing with the relation between the parties, agreed minutes interpreting

the main articles of the treaty, the withdrawal schedule, exchange of

ambassadors, security arrangements, and the agreement relating to the

autonomy talks. The point of the treaty was to, not only create peace

between Israel and Egypt, but also between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

The desired result of the treaty was to bring the war atmosphere to an end,

and to establish peace where everyone can live safely (RosenWasser, pg. 36).

The treaty asks that Israel withdraws from Arab lands, under the

circumstances that the Arab population accepts the existence of Israel.

Egypt and Israel were almost positive that the treaty would resolve all of

their pr

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