Camp david

Voices from the Arab Press: Israel, Donald Trump, and Anwar Sadat

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a joint session of Congress in which US president Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 1978.
Egyptian tanks are seen on the road to the Rafah border amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt September 9, 2024.

Israel's cold peace with Egypt is on the verge of unraveling - opinion

With 2026 approaching, the “cold peace” risks fraying further, a scenario neither the US nor Israel can afford to ignore.

|ByERIC R. MANDEL
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025; illustrative.

Egypt's Sisi refers to Israel as 'enemy' for first time since before 1977 Sadat visit to Jerusalem

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi labeled Israel an “enemy” at the Arab-Islamic summit, saying its actions threaten Egypt’s security and future peace deals, including by causing Gazans to flee.

|ByJAMES GENN
Armoured Israeli military vehicle driving along border with Egypt

Israel facing dangerous shift in relations with Egypt - opinion

While Egypt has not formally renounced the Camp David Accords, Cairo is effectively distancing itself from the treaty.

|ByBRIGADIER GENERAL YITZHAK BRIK

The erosion of Israel-Egypt relations and what went wrong - opinion

The Camp David Accords once proved that even the bitterest of enemies could sit at the same table. Let’s not allow that lesson to be forgotten.

MARCH 28, 2025ByYAAKOV KATZ
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin at the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979

Menachem Begin's compromise and conviction: Insights from the Camp David talks

Benny Begin honored his father’s legacy at a Jerusalem event marking 46 years of Israel-Egypt peace, highlighting Menachem Begin’s principles and diplomacy.

MARCH 24, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Then-US president Jimmy Carter, then-Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, and then-Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin during the signing of the Camp David Accords in the East Room of the White House in Washington, September 17, 1978.

Is the Camp David peace at risk? - opinion

As military buildups along the Gaza border escalate and diplomatic rhetoric hardens, a 45-year peace treaty faces its most serious test yet.

MARCH 7, 2025ByYAAKOV KATZ
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York in 2017. A peace treaty that has been a pillar of regional stability for 45 years is suddenly being questioned, says the writer.

Is Egypt violating the Camp David Accords? Israel raises concerns - analysis

Israel questions Egypt’s growing military presence in Sinai, citing potential violations of the 1979 peace agreement.

FEBRUARY 19, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Members of the military stand next to a helicopter next to the French ship amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmude as it docks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the city of Al-Arish, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, January 21, 2024.

Anan Safadi: A pioneer of English-language journalism in Israel

Anan Safadi’s legacy as a pioneering journalist continues to be remembered by those who followed his work.

FEBRUARY 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Anan Safadi, a beloved former journalist at The Jerusalem Post.

Two men wear hostage pins while accepting Jimmy Carter's Grammy

Two men wore yellow pins honoring Gaza hostages while accepting Jimmy Carter’s posthumous Grammy, though his grandson and co-acceptor did not.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Steve Schnur and Doug Davis wear yellow Gaza hostage pins on stage at the Grammy Awards, February 2, 2025.

A look back at Jimmy Carter's complicated relationship with Israel - explainer

Carter was a former president with a foreign policy focusing on the Middle East during his tenure and was outspoken about Middle East politics for the remainder of his life.

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin and US president Jimmy Carter deliver a speech at the White House, July 19, 1977

Jimmy Carter's checkered relations with Israel and Jews

Dr. Kenneth Stein, former Middle East Fellow of the Carter Center from 1982-2006 and Carter’s primary Middle East adviser until 1994, gives a unique perspective on the former president's legacy.

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByDR. KENNETH STEIN
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, US President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the signing ceremony of the Egyptian - Israeli Treaty, White House lawn, March 26, 1979.

This week in Jewish history: Israeli peace accords and a massacre in Lebanon

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024BySTEVEN DRUCKER
THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

Herzog on Yom Kippur: Being open to change

"To survive, Israel must always be prepared to defend itself," writes President Isaac Herzog.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023ByISAAC HERZOG
Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's Medal award ceremony at the President residence in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

North Korea says Camp David agreements raise possibility of 'thermonuclear war'

North Korea said the summit between the United States, South Korea and Japan at the Camp David presidential retreat on Friday was aimed at formulating a "nuclear war provocation."

AUGUST 22, 2023ByREUTERS
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees a strategic cruise missile test aboard a navy warship in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 21, 2023.