The First Camp David Accords / The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty – Washington, 1978-1979 – Official Copies, with ...

The First Camp David Accords / The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty – Washington, 1978-1979 – Official Copies, with the Handwritten Signatures of Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat and Walter Mondale
Four copies of "A Framework for Peace in the Middle East" and four copies of "The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty". Divided into four pairs, each of them signed by a different leader: a pair by Anwar Sadat, a pair by Walter Mondale and two pairs by Menachem Begin. [Washington]: International Communication Agency Embassy of the U.S.A, 1978/1979. English.
Eight booklets – official copies of two of the historical agreements signed between Israel and Egypt during the peace talks in Washington. The first agreement, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East (also named the first Camp David Accords), was signed on 17.9.1978, and laid the foundations for the peaceful relations between the two countries. The second agreement, The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, was signed on 26.3.1979 and thus brought thirty years of war between the parties to an end.
The booklets are divided into four pairs (each pair containing one copy of each of the agreements), signed on the cover by the different leaders: one pair is signed by the President of Egypt Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat (in Arabic and English); one pair is signed by the Vice President of the United States, Walter Mondale; and two pairs are signed by the Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin (in Hebrew and English, one of them is dated by hand: Jerusalem, Menachem-Av [1980]).
The peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was signed on the lawn of the White House on 26.3.1979, and was the first peace treaty between Israel and one of its neighbors. The peace talks opened officially with the surprising arrival of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, at Israel, only four years after the Yom Kippur War.
At first, the talks encountered some difficulties; however, after the intervention of Jimmy Carter, the President of the United States, the parties assembled at Camp David, the presidential country retreat. After two weeks of negotiations, a festive ceremony was held in which the first treaty, A Framework for Peace in the Middle East, was signed. Approximately six months later, the parties assembled at the White House to sign the Peace Treaty, which signaled a new era in the history of the Middle East. Due to the agreement, Sadat and Begin received the shared 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
Enclosed: two letters (typewritten on official stationery): a letter by the director of the public relations department of Egypt, Mohammad Hassan Raafat, and a letter by Walter Mondale's advisor, Sue Cockrell; two envelopes in which the treaties were sent.
A Framework for Peace in the Middle East: 44 pp. approx. 20 cm. The Egyptian-Israeli Treaty: [36] pp, 26.5 cm. Good condition. Stains on the covers. Minor blemishes.