Egypt President Anwar Sadat visits Israel

Egypt President Anwar Sadat visits Israel

November 19, 2009 05:00:00 am

On November 19, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Israel, becoming the first leader of an Arab nation to officially visit. Two years later, President Sadat became the first Arab leader to recognize Israel by signing the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty.

Read President Sadat’s address to the Israeli Knesset.

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