The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

Following are the texts of three documents: Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, signed by E ...

Stationing of Forces No more than one division (mechanized or infantry) of Egyptian armed forces will be stationed within an are ...

DOCUMENT The Framework for Peace in the Middle East SEPTEMBER17, 1978 Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, President of the Arab Republic of ...

zones, limited armaments areas, early warning stations, the presence of international forces, liaison, agreed measures for monit ...

tus of the West Bank and Gaza and its relationship with its neighbors and to conclude a peace treaty between Israel and Jordan b ...

In order to achieve peace between them, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith with a goal of concluding within three mon ...

DOCUMENT Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel MARCH26, 1979 Preamble CONVINCED of the urge ...

the map at Annex II, without prejudice to the issue of the status of the Gaza Strip. The Parties recognize this boundary as invi ...

Article V Ships of Israel, and cargoes destined for or coming from Israel, shall enjoy the right of free passage through the Su ...

Done at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of March 1979, in triplicate in the English, Arabic, and Hebrew languages, each text bein ...

Reagan announced his peace initiative in a nationally televised speech on Sep- tember 1, 1982, just as the last of the PLO fight ...

of Lebanon in summer 1982 that resulted in the expulsion of the guerrillas and leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization ...

Palestinian people. Palestinians feel strongly that their cause is more than a question of refugees. I agree. The Camp David agr ...

peace. We base our approach squarely on the principle that the Arab-Israeli conflict should be resolved through negotiations inv ...

Tonight, on the eve of what can be a dawning of new hope for the people of the troubled Middle East—and for all the world’s peop ...

the West Bank. On the basis of that claim, the 1978 Camp David Accords had envi- sioned a role for the king in negotiations on b ...

under the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization, their sole and legitimate representative, and the indemnification ...

toric nature of the occasion and called for all parties to make the compromises neces- sary for peace. Bush told the delegates t ...

for a part of the world that in the long memory of man has known far too much hatred, anguish, and war. I can think of no endeav ...

people have lived in fear, surrounded by an unaccepting Arab world. Now is the ideal moment for the Arab world to demonstrate th ...