NEAREAST 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Yasser Arafat, Camp David Accords, Menachem Begin
5 Jan 2017
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Local uprisings by palestinians in the occupied territories. Signed by anwar sadat of egypt and menachem begin of israel. Jimmy carter conducted camp david accords before to negotiate. Returned sinai peninsula to the egyptians, allowed israeli ships free travel. Makes egypt the first arab state to formally recognize israel. Embassies opened, people could move back and forth. Anwar sadat murdered by his own people for signing the peace agreement. Arabs launched a surprise attack on a holiday when the jews were unprepared. Israel eventually conquered back their territories and expanded even further into neighboring countries. Treaty eventually moved borders back to the 1967 borders. In 1964, palestinians had reached a conclusion that outside countries should not fight wars for them. Yasser arafat established the plo: palestinian liberation. Conducted sporadic attacks, were called terrorists by many. In 1980s, military operations were conducted against palestinian military groups. Signed by king hussein of yitzhak rabin of israel.
