Lesson 1-Half a Day I. Author Camp David Accords: popular name for the historic peace accords in 1978 between Israel and Egypt. The official agreement was signed on Mar. 26, 1979, in Washington, D. C. by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar al Sadat, with U.S. President Jimmy Carter signing as a witness. Under the pact, which was denounced by other Arab states, Israel agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt, a transfer that was completed in 1982. In a joint letter the two nations also agreed to negotiate Palestinian autonomy measures in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip but in fact no progress was made on this issue before Sadat s assassination in oct 1981 W E To be continued on the next page.W B T L E Camp David Accords: popular name for the historic peace accords in 1978 between Israel and Egypt. The official agreement was signed on Mar. 26, 1979, in Washington, D.C. by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar al￾Sadat, with U.S. President Jimmy Carter signing as a witness. Under the pact, which was denounced by other Arab states, Israel agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt, a transfer that was completed in 1982. In a joint letter the two nations also agreed to negotiate Palestinian autonomy measures in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, but in fact no progress was made on this issue before Sadat’s assassination in Oct., 1981. Lesson 1 – Half a Day To be continued on the next page. I. Author