Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty
The
Israel-Egypt peace treaty was signed in
Washington on
March 26,
1979. It consisted of Israel returning the
Sinai Peninsula including its oil wells and strategic location, dismantling
Israeli Settlements and removing (in some instances such as Yamit forcefully, the Jewish population of the area, in exchange for Egypt recognizing Israel's right to exist and pledging not to attack it again. Also involved was an arrangement of autonomy for the
Palestinian population of the disputed Israeli territories of
Judea,
Samaria (together also called the
West Bank, and the
Gaza Strip.
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