Question

After examining the Camp David Accords, the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty of 1979, and current relations between Israel and the PLO, construct your own formula for achieving peace in the Middle East.

Length of paper: 2-3 pages (not including the title page, which is not numbered). Do not fall short of or exceed the required length; if you do so, you will lose points on your grade.

Answer 1

1. Camp David Accords

· were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978

· at the country retreat of the President of the United States in Maryland

· President Carter’s proposals for the eventual accord beween Egypt and Israel happened at Camp David, the official country retreat

· It formally ended the state of war that had existed between the two countries

2. The Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty of 1979. It included the following:

· A process for self-government by Palestine at west Bank and Gaza

· A framework for conclusion of peace between Egypt and Israel

· Other peace treaties with other neighbors of Israel

To be noted is the fact that America refused to deal with PLO so long as it gave up terrorist ways. However Soviet Union and other European countries supported the PLO.

3. After the Accord

· Egypt ostracized and expelled from Arab League

· PLO rejected the accords

· Another set of accords in Oslo in 1993 between Palestine and Israel

4. Major developments in the successive years

· The successive Intifadas of Palestine

· Developments since 2005

Finally , your suggestions for peace.