Israel's ex-envoy to Egypt on significance of Camp David peace accord
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(16 Sep 2018) Forty years
(16 Sep 2018) Forty years after the signing of the historic Camp David peace agreement, Israel and neighbouring Egypt remain quiet allies.
While the two countries have maintained close security and military relations in a shared struggle against Islamic militants, relations between citizens of Israel and Egypt have remained cold.
Speaking to the Associated Press just before the day marking the 40th anniversary of the 1978 Camp David Accords, Itzhak Levanon, Israel's ambassador to Egypt between 2009 to 2011, expressed a desire to see Israeli-Egyptian ties improve.
Levanon described relations between the two countries in the fields of military and intelligence as "excellent", but added that bilateral relations in other areas could be improved.
He suggested that closer cultural and economic ties could help bring about greater peace and stability in the region.
Levanon added he believes the Trump administration will play a crucial role in maintaining peace between Israel and Egypt in the future.
Forty years ago, then-US President Jimmy Carter helped broker the peace deal at the US presidential retreat known as Camp David, where he acted as a mediator between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
The two leaders signed the deal at the White House on September 17, 1978 - the first between Israel and an Arab state.
The 1978 Camp David Accord outlined principles for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and contributed to the start of the process which ultimately led to Palestinian self-determination.
Among the principles were calls to establish bilateral diplomatic relations, and for Israel to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, which it had captured in the 1967 War.
The agreement ended more than 30 years of war between the two countries.
But in spite of its achievements, Levanon says, it was "not at the satisfaction of everyone, not the Israelis and definitely not the Palestinians".
East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Golan Heights are still under Israeli control, and an independent Palestinian state appears some distance away.
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While the two countries have maintained close security and military relations in a shared struggle against Islamic militants, relations between citizens of Israel and Egypt have remained cold.
Speaking to the Associated Press just before the day marking the 40th anniversary of the 1978 Camp David Accords, Itzhak Levanon, Israel's ambassador to Egypt between 2009 to 2011, expressed a desire to see Israeli-Egyptian ties improve.
Levanon described relations between the two countries in the fields of military and intelligence as "excellent", but added that bilateral relations in other areas could be improved.
He suggested that closer cultural and economic ties could help bring about greater peace and stability in the region.
Levanon added he believes the Trump administration will play a crucial role in maintaining peace between Israel and Egypt in the future.
Forty years ago, then-US President Jimmy Carter helped broker the peace deal at the US presidential retreat known as Camp David, where he acted as a mediator between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
The two leaders signed the deal at the White House on September 17, 1978 - the first between Israel and an Arab state.
The 1978 Camp David Accord outlined principles for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and contributed to the start of the process which ultimately led to Palestinian self-determination.
Among the principles were calls to establish bilateral diplomatic relations, and for Israel to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, which it had captured in the 1967 War.
The agreement ended more than 30 years of war between the two countries.
But in spite of its achievements, Levanon says, it was "not at the satisfaction of everyone, not the Israelis and definitely not the Palestinians".
East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Golan Heights are still under Israeli control, and an independent Palestinian state appears some distance away.
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