Key points
What to understand first
- The 1948 Declaration extended a hand of peace to all neighbouring states.
- The Egypt–Israel treaty of 1979 has lasted for more than four decades.
- The Jordan treaty of 1994 followed decades of quiet contact.
- The Abraham Accords opened embassies, flights, trade and tourism.
Chronology
Key dates
Camp David and Egypt
After Anwar Sadat’s 1977 visit to Jerusalem, Menachem Begin and Sadat agreed the Camp David Accords in 1978 and signed the peace treaty on 26 March 1979. Both received the Nobel Peace Prize. 90
Peace with Jordan
Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein signed the Treaty of Peace on 26 October 1994. 91
The Abraham Accords
Signed at the White House on 15 September 2020, the Abraham Accords created full diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain, with Morocco and Sudan following. 92
Evidence
Sources for this article
- S90The Camp David Accords and the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty
US Department of State, Office of the Historian. Camp David Accords (1978) and the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty signed 26 March 1979.
- S91Treaty of Peace between Israel and Jordan
United Nations Peacemaker. Text of the 26 October 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty.
- S92The Abraham Accords
US Department of State. Normalisation agreements between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain (2020), later joined by Morocco and Sudan.
- S12Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel
Knesset archive. Statehood, equality language and appeal to Arab inhabitants.