Camp david

Twenty-six years after Camp David, Israel needs a new security doctrine - opinion

The only practical foundation for any future arrangement will emerge only when a profound change in Palestinian consciousness takes place.

|BySHIMON REFAELI
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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.

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 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

Protocols portray tense Jimmy Carter visit to Israel

Just before Obama visit, State Archives release cables, protocols and minutes from Carter's dramatic visit here 34-years ago.

MARCH 17, 2013ByHERB KEINON
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'Suha Arafat admits husband premeditated Intifada'

In interview, Palestinian leader's widow says Arafat decided to launch Intifada after Camp David, according to research institute.

DECEMBER 29, 2012ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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Encountering Peace: Partners in dispute

Partnership doesn’t come naturally and it doesn’t exist when only one side wants it. Partnership has to be created and nurtured and built on and supported.

DECEMBER 17, 2012ByGERSHON BASKIN
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The Region: Israel’s only alternative

By essentially unilaterally declaring the existence of an Arab Palestine, the world has abrogated the Oslo accords.

DECEMBER 9, 2012ByBARRY RUBIN
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Analysis: How the Egyptian legal system saved Camp David

Since Morsi's election, the Camp David agreement has become the focus of a political struggle between critics.

NOVEMBER 1, 2012ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JOANNA PARASZCZUK
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Morsy: Camp David unfulfilled on Palestinian issue

US support of dictators, Israel is responsible for hatred of Washington in Arab world, Egyptian president tells 'NY Times.'

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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FM to Morsy: Peace is not an abstraction, come visit

Liberman praises Egyptian president's stated commitment to upholding treaty, but warns that peace is more than just talk.

AUGUST 28, 2012ByHERB KEINON, REUTERS
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Egypt and the treaty

Egypt may request that Israel review and amend the security arrangement; Israel should consider such a future request in good faith.

AUGUST 26, 2012ByLIRON A. LIBMAN
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Mursi makes first Israel contact in Peres letter

President’s Residence rebuffs Egyptian denial that correspondence took place.

JULY 31, 2012ByHERB KEINON
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A sovereign Palestine

A sovereign Palestine could have been celebrating its 12th anniversary.

JULY 11, 2012ByNEVILLE TELLER
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