EGYPTISRAEL PEACE TREATY

(1979)

A peace treaty signed in Washington on 26 March 1979 between theArabRepublic ofEgyptand the state of Israel under the auspices of theUnited States, which ended the state of war between the two countries.

See alsoBegin, Menachem (1919-92); Carter, Jimmy (1924- ); Camp David Accords (1978); Sadat, Anwar (1918-81).