In three pages this paper discusses the mediation efforts of the United States which culminated in a peace treaty between 2 longtime territorial adversaries. Five sources are cited inthe bibliography.
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Role as Mediator in the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty of 1979 by Tracy Gregory, February 2003 -- properly!
It seemed historically impossible for the regional enemies Egypt and Israel to achieve a peaceful coexistence. However, in the autumn of 1978, the unthinkable happened as described by
author and Emory University Professor of History Kenneth W. Stein: "A U.S. president and former southern governor invites an Arab and an Israeli to the secluded presidential retreat at Camp
David in the Maryland mountains. Their goal: to reach an agreement based on the negotiating framework of land for peace" (2000). Ever since the mid-1970s, the United States began
assuming an increasing leadership role in the tumultuous Middle East not simply to encourage peace between warring factions but also to honor its commitment as protector of the nation of
Israel while at the same time preserving its own alliance with the Arab nations that supplied much of its oil (Oakman, 2000). Hope of a peace treaty seemed like
little more than an elusive pipe dream until Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made a conciliatory visit to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Menachem Begin. With an olive branch
extended, the U.S. wasted little time in initiating diplomatic efforts to promote peace treaty negotiations between Egypt and Israel (Bar-Siman-Tov, 1998). For President Jimmy Carter, the role of mediator
came easily and his efforts to establish a kind of "pax Americana" would be his most enduring legacy (Kim, 1984). Each nation had its own demands which the peace treaty
needed to address. Egypt requested that Israel withdraw from the areas of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, lands that had been traditionally occupied by Arabs,