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Al-Monitor
April 11, 2018
I also remember a conversation that then-opposition leader Shimon Peres and I had with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Vienna in July 1978. At that meeting, Sadat told us that Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin had offered to give Gaza to Egypt in exchange for the right to annex the town of YamitÃâà...
Concord Monitor
April 10, 2018
At the 1978 Camp David Peace Accords there were three players: President Jimmy Carter, a devout Baptist; President Menachem Begin of Israel, a devout Jew; and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, a devout Muslim. They came together to design the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty. They did it in two weeksÃâà...
Haaretz
April 10, 2018
Celebrated silver-screen star Omar Sharif claimed in April 2009, six years before his death in 2015, that he was responsible for bringing then-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin together ahead of Sadat's historic 1977 visit to Israel. In an interview with anÃâà...
CNN
March 29, 2018
"I was scared that all my campaign representatives might be in a situation where they face a difficult time or are stopped, detained and abused," Mohamed Anwar Sadat, nephew of late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, told CNN. He pulled out of running after facing what he called obstruction. In FebruaryÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 26, 2018
The San Diego Union-Tribune will mark its 150th anniversary in 2018 by presenting a significant front page from the archives each day throughout the year. Monday, March 26, 1979. On March 26, 1979, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty,Ãâà...
The Spokesman-Review
March 25, 2018
He too was arrested weeks later, after saying he had documents incriminating Egypt's “leadership” in unspecified violations. Khaled Ali, a prominent human rights lawyer involved in the 2011 uprising, said he quit the race after authorities harassed and intimidated his supporters. Mohammed Anwar Sadat, aÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 24, 2018
In addition to the former military officers, two other would-be candidates — Khaled Ali, a prominent human rights lawyer, and Mohamed Anwar Sadat, a former lawmaker and nephew of assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat — also decided against entering the race, citing intimidation and otherÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
March 11, 2018
Egypt's Sufis have rarely backed an anti-establishment candidate, supporting Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak. “The Sufis do not have any political ambitions. They do not call for the application of Islamic law like the Brotherhood does and none of them has been implicated in terroristÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
March 11, 2018
For more than half a century, Saudi-Egyptian relations suffered the consequences of useless jockeying for Arab leadership between leading figures such as Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Saddam Hussein and Hafez Assad. These relations can now flourish under new leaderships in Egypt and SaudiÃâà...
The Florida Times-Union
March 11, 2018
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat stunned the world when he set foot in Israel in 1977 and addressed the Israeli parliament. The visit set the tone for the Camp David peace summit and treaty in 1979. The Egyptian-Israeli agreement has remained intact and laid the groundwork for other Mideast summits.
Dhaka Tribune
March 10, 2018
Bogra district Awami League General Secretary Anwar Sadat Samrat said: “If Awami League takes care to nominate the correct candidates, victory in the polls will be ensured.” He said: “The people of Bangladesh have trusted the judgment of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the past, and they will do soÃâà...
Expatica France
March 10, 2018
The dramatic personal initiative by late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to visit sworn enemy Israel in 1977 led to the first Arab-Israel peace treaty and formally ended the state of war that had existed between the two countries for 30 years. In November 1977 Sadat told parliament in the presence ofÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 9, 2018
When Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Israel in 1977, it signalled a new beginning for the battle-weary nations that would transform the region. After decades of animosity and just four years after a bitter war, Sadat came with a historic offer of peace. Israelis watched in disbelief as Sadat descendedÃâà...
Expatica France
March 9, 2018
Here is a look back at Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to communist giant China, the first by a US president, and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's 1977 trip to ... The dramatic personal initiative by late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to visit sworn enemy Israel in 1977 led to the first Arab-Israel peace treaty andÃâà...
Egypttoday
February 25, 2018
CAIRO – 25 February 2018: In a final declaration where he withdrew his candidacy for the 2018 Presidential Election, Mohamed Anwar Sadat issues a pre-ruling on the electoral process, predicting that there will not be an honest competition due to the general political climate. In his statement, SadatÃâà...
Haaretz
February 24, 2018
Forty years after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Jerusalem in November 1977, the Defense Ministry released the minutes of meetings held by top army officers at the time. There were sharp differences of opinion among the Israel Defense Forces General Staff over the seriousness of theÃâà...
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
December 31, 1999
President Gamal Abdel Nasser built the standard Middle Eastern security state, but it was his successor, Anwar Sadat, who first sought to leverage democratic ideas and practices to legitimize authoritarianism and, in the process, advance his narrow political interests. Thus, there were Sadat's dramaticÃâà...
The Cipher Brief
December 31, 1999
Former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin signed a peace treaty in September 1979 at Camp David. Since then, the two countries have gradually enhanced security coordination and intelligence sharing to combat regional threats facing both nations.
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
December 31, 1999
Egypt's civilian regime was first established in Egypt following the 1952 Revolution, which brought an end to the monarchy that had ruled the country for many years, bringing to power Muhammad Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, Mohammed Morsi, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
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