The Accords
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Fifteenth of September: The Day the Abraham Accords Were Signed
On the South Lawn of the White House, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed with Israel, and the treaty with the Emirates named a common father. It was the first new peace between Israel and an Arab state in twenty-six years.
Thirteen Days at Camp David
In September 1978 Jimmy Carter shut himself in the Maryland hills with Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. Thirteen days later they came out with two frameworks, and six months later with the first peace between Israel and an Arab state.
Oslo, 1993: A Handshake on the White House Lawn
On 13 September 1993 Yitzhak Rabin took Yasser Arafat’s hand while Bill Clinton stood between them. The Declaration of Principles did not bring a final peace, but it changed what could be said aloud.
The Arava Treaty: Peace Between Israel and Jordan
On 26 October 1994, in the desert crossing between Eilat and Aqaba, Israel and Jordan signed a full peace. Behind it stood a long, quiet friendship between a king and a general.
Six Ministers in the Desert: The Negev Summit
In March 2022 the foreign ministers of Israel, the United States, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt met at Sde Boker, near Ben-Gurion’s grave, and agreed to keep meeting.