The Problem of Rafah: Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s Letter to Shlomo Goren, 1981

The Problem of Rafah: Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s Letter to Shlomo Goren, 1981

Prime Minister Menachem Begin argues for the return of Rafah to Egypt; the greater purpose is implementation of the Egyptian-Israeli Treaty, which also meant Israel”s withdrawal from settlements in Sinai near Rafah. Egypt in treaty negotiations with Israel, did not want to have the Gaza Strip again under their administration as they had between 1949 until after the June 1967 War

Documents and Sources|August 17, 1981
President Jimmy Carter, “The Camp David Accords,” Address to Congress, 1978

President Jimmy Carter, “The Camp David Accords,” Address to Congress, 1978

The Camp David accords culminated after thirteen days of intense negotiations between Israeli, Egyptian, and American delegations. Egyptian and Israeli leaders met with President Carter where after difficult negotiations they signed two accords, one an outline for an Egyptian-Israeli Treaty and one for Palestinian self-rule. The negotiations continued for another six months until the Egyptian-Treaty was signed in March 1979, after considerable bad feeling was tossed back and forth between Israeli and American negotiators.

Documents and Sources|July 26, 2023