Sponsored by Aish: In 1980, Israel and Egypt exchanged ambassadors, marking a new era of cordial, if cold, diplomacy. In 1973, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had orchestrated an attack on Israel in the Yom Kippur War, but after suffering defeat he became resigned to Israel’s existence. In 1977, Sadat and Menachem Begin signed the Camp David Peace Agreement, for which they received the Nobel...
Egyptian FM ‘allows’ Eilat to remain Israeli
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday rejected calls by parliament members and journalists in Cairo for the return of Umm Rashrash – or Eilat, in Hebrew – to Egypt, and said that anyone who brought the subject up for discussion was only trying to create problems. The foreign minister’s statement was meant to stem a renewed interest among opposition MPs and the...