Anwar Sadat

Israel and Egypt: Frosty neighbors' ties tested by Iran war, but remain stable

Operation Roaring Lion has Egypt and Israel on the same side. But what will happen when the war with Iran ends?

|ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
Then-US President Jimmy Carter (C) congratulates Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin in three-way handshake on March 26, 1979 at the White House, after signing the historic US-sponsored peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.
Royal Jordianian honor guards march in Amman, in February. For Jordan, the ‘peace through strength’ paradigm is not a promise of stability, but a source of deep anxiety, the writer says.

Israel’s military victories spark anxiety in Jordan despite security cooperation - opinion

Israel’s “peace through strength” approach reassures some allies but fuels anxiety in Jordan over regional ambitions.

|ByOFIR WINTER
Family group photos of all the participating members during the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Summit (ASEAN-GCC Summit) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 20, 2023

Will the Gulf adopt Sadat’s strategic framework? - opinion

Like Sadat in 1977, Gulf rulers may conclude that diplomacy serves their national interests.

|ByZAKI SHALOM
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

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.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2025ByJAMES GENN
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025; illustrative.

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.

This week in Jewish history: The Black Death pogroms, death of Rabbi Sacks

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

NOVEMBER 17, 2024BySTEVEN DRUCKER
An artistic portrait of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

A new vision is needed to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

If world leaders, including Israeli and Palestinian leaders, truly want an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, they need to stop focusing on old ideas that expired a long time ago.

DECEMBER 31, 2023ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU walks in front of a poster of Menachem Begin at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

This brutal dictator helped bring about the Israel-Egypt peace - opinion

Paradoxically, it was a ruthless Romanian Stalinist who helped initiate the process that started with Sadat’s groundbreaking 1977 visit to Jerusalem.

MARCH 16, 2023ByMARK REGEV
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin and then-Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu walk in the garden of the presidential residence near Bucharest, in August 1977.

Looking back at Egypt's Anwar Sadat's historic Jerusalem visit, 45 years ago - opinion

Anwar Sadat's visit was a game-changer: A harbinger of what Shimon Peres would later call “the new Middle East.”

NOVEMBER 24, 2022ByMARK REGEV
PRESIDENT ANWAR Sadat confers with prime minister Menachem Begin during Sadat’s historic visit to Jerusalem in November 1977

On This Day: Israel and Egypt sign a historic peace treaty

The Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty was the first between Israel and its surrounding Arab nations.

MARCH 26, 2022ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin at the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979

The Israeli-Egyptian ‘Bird of Peace’ trilogy

In the following trilogy, illustrator Richard Codor, Rabbi David Geffen and Judge Steve Adler share their story of the Israeli-Egyptian Bird of Peace.

JANUARY 13, 2022ByRICHARD CODOR, DAVID GEFFEN, STEVE ADLER
The original Bird of Peace illustration with three riders was created in 1978 for Arab TV by a rising cartoonist who is now quite famous, Richard Codor.

I was a journalist when Sadat visited Jerusalem

The behind-the-scenes story of the Sadat visit was part of a speech given by Zev Hefetz, American director of the Israel Government Press Office - an amazing event to experience.

DECEMBER 2, 2021BySYBIL KAPLAN
President Sadat shares a laugh with Golda Meir and Shimon Peres in the Knesset on November 21, 1977.

Begin and Jerusalem at Camp David

The issue of Jerusalem at the last minute nearly capsized the entire peace agreement with Egypt at Camp David over 40 years ago.

NOVEMBER 20, 2021BySHLOMO SLONIM
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat greet each other at their first meeting at the Camp David summit as US president Jimmy Carter looks on in September 1978.