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

'Kissinger was not actually seeking peace' in 1973, claims new book - interview

“He persuaded Israeli government to trade pieces of territory occupied in 1967 for time,” said Martin Indyk. “Territory for time, not territory for peace.

OCTOBER 31, 2021ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attends a conversation at the 2019 New Economy Forum in Beijing, China November 21, 2019.

Lessons of Sadat’s assassination - editorial

The Sadat assassination on October 6 ,1981, was a graphic manifestation of radical, violent Islam that fundamentally rejected the West, and a portent of much worse things to come.

OCTOBER 6, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin, with Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, visit Congress in 1978

On This Day: Camp David Accords signed, leading to Israel-Egypt peace

The Camp David Accords are remembered positively as the first truly successful peace negotiation between Israel and an Arab nation.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021ByAARON REICH
Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter and Menachem Begin at the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1979

Voices from the Arab press: Neither Russians nor Americans will save us

Perhaps the most dangerous advice the Soviets gave Nasser was their insistence that Egypt should wait to initiate an attack during the June 1967 war.

JULY 15, 2021ByMEDIA LINE
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Gamal Abdel Nasser (right) with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, on his first visit to Moscow, 1958. (Zeinab Mohamed/Flickr)

Former Egyptian First Lady dies at 88, Israeli officials send condolences

Defense Minister Benny Gantz wrote on Twitter that he shares the grief of the Egyptian people over the death of Sadat.

JULY 11, 2021ByGADI ZAIG
Jehan Sadat, widow of Egypt's President Anwar-Sadat, holds a press conference in Glasgow

When Egyptian President Anwar Sadat addressed the Knesset

A look back at the Egyptian President's speech to Israeli lawmakers 43 years ago.

NOVEMBER 20, 2020ByALEX WINSTON
Former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat addresses the Egyptian parliament before traveling to Israel, 1977

King Abdullah I and Arthur Szyk: A Zionist's portrayal of an Arab leader

On November 20, 1977, former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.

NOVEMBER 28, 2019BySAMANTHA LYONS, IRVIN UNGAR
Portrait of Abdullah 1 by Arthur Szyk

Voices from the Arab Press: Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Israel

I believe it is our historical duty to recognize Anwar Sadat’s huge political accomplishments and to apologize for all those Arab leaders who defamed him for his actions.

NOVEMBER 28, 2019ByMEDIA LINE
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Anwar Sadat (left) and prime minister Menachem Begin deep in conversation at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel.

40 years of peace: How Begin made a crucial contribution

Begin saw peace with Egypt as not only a possibility, but as a priority.

MARCH 27, 2019ByPAUL GROSS
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin, with Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, visit Congress in 1978

Crossing the border into Egypt in the late 1970s

'Is that your wife? I would like to buy her for my father. I will give you five camels for her.'

MARCH 22, 2019ByDVORA WAYSMAN
‘THE GREAT Pyramid of Giza didn’t disappoint... We ascended through a tight passage, austere, as they only began decorating the chambers with hieroglyphics in later periods.’