Summary
The treaty signed on 26 March 1979 implementing the Camp David Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, under which the state of war ends on exchange of ratification instruments, Israel withdraws all its armed forces and civilians from the Sinai behind the international boundary within three years, and the two states establish normal relations, reciprocal limited-force zones and UN-supervised security arrangements (Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel (26 March 1979), lines 1-180).
Details
- The second Camp David framework had set the goal the treaty fulfils: good-faith negotiation to conclude a peace treaty within three months of 17 September 1978, restoring the full exercise of Egyptian sovereignty up to the internationally recognized border and withdrawing Israeli forces from the Sinai (Camp David Accords: A Framework for Peace in the Middle East; Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel (17 September 1978), lines 1-186).
- The treaty’s permanent boundary is the recognized international boundary between Egypt and the former mandated territory of Palestine, “without prejudice to the issue of the status of the Gaza Strip”; the parties undertake to fulfil the treaty in good faith without regard to any other party’s action or inaction and independently of any external instrument (Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel (26 March 1979), Articles II and VI).
- The treaty supersedes the Agreement between Egypt and Israel of September 1975 (Article IX), and its Annex III phases diplomatic, economic, cultural and movement relations in upon completion of the interim withdrawal behind the El-Arish–Ras Mohammed line (Articles I and Annex III).
Related pages
Treaty of Peace between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel (26 March 1979), Camp David Accords, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Israel