Camp David Accords Research Paper
1978 Camp David Negotiations
Alex Saldana
Proc 5840 Negotiation
Mark Long
Sep 25 2010
Introduction
The international political strategy of bring together the primary leaders of Israel and Egypt for peace talks may have been a design to stop the growing tensions across the middle eastern region of the 2010. However, the outcome of the 1978 Camp David accords were the end result of a 13 day series of American mediated talks between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and have been heralded by many to say it has been the longest lasting and most effectively negotiated agreement between any Arab nation and Israel. One of the biggest political issues of the last several decades has been keeping peace …show more content…
Mohammed Kamel, Foreign Minister under Egyptian President Sadat during the making of the accords, writes in his memoirs from the Camp David Accords; “that Egypt was in desperate need of financial aid after the war,” Britannica Encyclopedia (2010). Peace of course is partial mix in the strategy for achieving their goal during the talks but a more desire for building in some way to restore a level of integrity and honor, lost during the their previous war.
The Camp David Negotiations of 1968 were an effort made by United States President Jimmy Carter to establish peace and security within the Middle East beginning with Egypt and Israel. President’s Carter’s mediation techniques and his skill at breaking through communication blockades, including his preparation in shadow moves, documentation, power and appreciative moves, helped enable the parties to reach a settlement. However the agreement would not have been reached if Israel and Egypt didn’t both have common …show more content…
They were the following; first a peace treaty and normalization of relations between Israel and Egypt, and second demilitarization and removal of Israeli settlements from the Sinai, third linkage between these issues and the future if the West Bank and Gaza, and fourth a statement on principals, including Israeli withdrawal from all occupied territories and the right of Palestinians to self-determination.
Each player in the peace process had their own interests and strategies going into the negotiations. Egypt had one dominant strategy; the Egyptian economy had been stagnant in the 1970’s partly due to large defense expenditures. However Sadat could not decrease Egypt’s defense budget until Israel was no longer a threat. Therefore Egypt was in desperate financial need and needed to actively negotiate during the summit in order for Israel to withdraw from the Sinai and sign a peace treaty and possibly gain financial aid primary by way of
Alex Saldana
Proc 5840 Negotiation
Mark Long
Sep 25 2010
Introduction
The international political strategy of bring together the primary leaders of Israel and Egypt for peace talks may have been a design to stop the growing tensions across the middle eastern region of the 2010. However, the outcome of the 1978 Camp David accords were the end result of a 13 day series of American mediated talks between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and have been heralded by many to say it has been the longest lasting and most effectively negotiated agreement between any Arab nation and Israel. One of the biggest political issues of the last several decades has been keeping peace …show more content…
Mohammed Kamel, Foreign Minister under Egyptian President Sadat during the making of the accords, writes in his memoirs from the Camp David Accords; “that Egypt was in desperate need of financial aid after the war,” Britannica Encyclopedia (2010). Peace of course is partial mix in the strategy for achieving their goal during the talks but a more desire for building in some way to restore a level of integrity and honor, lost during the their previous war.
The Camp David Negotiations of 1968 were an effort made by United States President Jimmy Carter to establish peace and security within the Middle East beginning with Egypt and Israel. President’s Carter’s mediation techniques and his skill at breaking through communication blockades, including his preparation in shadow moves, documentation, power and appreciative moves, helped enable the parties to reach a settlement. However the agreement would not have been reached if Israel and Egypt didn’t both have common …show more content…
They were the following; first a peace treaty and normalization of relations between Israel and Egypt, and second demilitarization and removal of Israeli settlements from the Sinai, third linkage between these issues and the future if the West Bank and Gaza, and fourth a statement on principals, including Israeli withdrawal from all occupied territories and the right of Palestinians to self-determination.
Each player in the peace process had their own interests and strategies going into the negotiations. Egypt had one dominant strategy; the Egyptian economy had been stagnant in the 1970’s partly due to large defense expenditures. However Sadat could not decrease Egypt’s defense budget until Israel was no longer a threat. Therefore Egypt was in desperate financial need and needed to actively negotiate during the summit in order for Israel to withdraw from the Sinai and sign a peace treaty and possibly gain financial aid primary by way of