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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 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.
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
Armoured Israeli military vehicle driving along border with Egypt

Israel facing dangerous shift in relations with Egypt - opinion

While Egypt has not formally renounced the Camp David Accords, Cairo is effectively distancing itself from the treaty.

|ByBRIGADIER GENERAL YITZHAK BRIK

Trump replaces G7 coronavirus meeting at Camp David with video conference

The decision comes as nations around the world seal their borders and ban travel to stop the virus' spread.

MARCH 20, 2020ByREUTERS
U.S. President Trump holds news conference on the coronavirus outbreak at the White House in Washington

Senior White House official denies report of Trump summit with Arab leaders

A source in Washington said that Netanyahu will not attend the summit because it will make it harder for Arab leaders to join.

JULY 31, 2019ByOMRI NAHMIAS, HERB KEINON
Mahmoud Abbas (L), Jared Kushner (C) and Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Egypt releases 1978 Camp David Accords calling for Palestinian autonomy

Some analysts believe that the document was published now, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Accords, as a poke in the eye of United States President Donald Trump.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018ByMEDIA LINE
EGYPTIAN LEADER Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter and prime minister Menachem Begin meet at Camp David in September 1978

Palestinian youths disrupt joint Palestine-Israel Conference on 25th anniversary of Oslo Accords

“The legacy of Oslo, whichever way you look at it, is to separate Israel and the Palestinians into two separate entities.”

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
YITZHAK RABIN, Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres in the movie ‘The Oslo Diaries,’ about the attempt to bring peace to the Middle East through the Oslo Accords during the 1990s.

White House considering Gulf summit, seeks new strategic alliance

Gulf leaders last traveled to Camp David in 2015, when then-president Barack Obama wanted to secure their support for a nuclear deal he was concluding with Tehran and five other world powers.

JULY 28, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shooting at a Florida high school in a national address from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2018.

Palestinian Authority education and the future of peace

The problem of the Palestinian approach toward reaching an agreement with Israel isn’t just a matter of the policies and actions of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority.

MARCH 15, 2018ByLIOR AKERMAN
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 4, 2007.

At a crossroads, will the PA president's next move define his legacy?

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is in precarious position having alienated the White House and losing the unconditional support of regional Sunni countries.

DECEMBER 30, 2017ByCHARLES BYBELEZER/THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey

The Hamlet of the Palestinians

A biography of Mahmoud Abbas attempts to show how this believer in peace achieved power but was frustrated in his goals

JULY 13, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Abbas gestures during a speech in Ramallah last year marking the 12th anniversary of terrorist leader Yasser Arafat’s death

JPost Editorial: Camp David 2017?

The 2000 summit lasted for two weeks, from July 11 to 25, without agreement.

APRIL 22, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
PM Netanyahu and President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Washington, 2010

Encountering Peace: The partnership challenge

"The continual insistence that there is no partner for peace is firmly held on to both in Israel and in Palestine."

NOVEMBER 4, 2015ByGERSHON BASKIN
From left; Former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, former US president Bill Clinton, and the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn.