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Al-Ahram Weekly 24 Feb. - 1 March 2000 Issue No. 470 
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Al-Ahram Weekly 24 Feb. - 1 March 2000 Issue No. 470
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Egypt Region International Economy Opinion Culture Features Focus Heritage Profile Travel Living Sports People Time Out Chronicles Cartoons Letters Egypt-Israel time line
1977
9 November: President Anwar El-Sadat announces to the Egyptian parliament that he is ready to go to Israel for the sake of peace21 November: Sadat makes his historic visit to Israel, addresses the Knesset and makes a direct appeal for peace
December: Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin makes his first visit to Egypt, followed by another two visits in 1979. His last visit was in 1981 to participate in Sadat's funeral
1978
17 September: The Camp David Accords are signed in a media spot-lit ceremony1979
26 March: Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty is signed under US auspices. Arab states cut diplomatic ties with Egypt and the Arab League headquarters is moved from Cairo to Tunis. Arab financial aid to Egypt is cut off.1980
Israel under Menachim Begin passes a law proclaiming Jerusalem its eternal and undivided capital. A year later it applies Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights17 February: Israel opens an embassy in Egypt
25 February: Israel's first ambassador, Eliyahu Ben-Elissar presents his credentials to President Sadat. Egypt's first ambassador to Israel, Saad Murtada, presents his credentials to Israel's President Yitzhak Navon
1981
September: Egypt fails to extract any substantial concessions from Israel on the Palestinian question. Frustration reigns about Sadat's regional policy. Sadat arrests 1,500 intellectuals and political figures.6 October: Sadat assassinated. President Hosni Mubarak assumes power
1982
April: Israel withdraws from Sinai except for a disputed strip on the border at Taba6 June: Israel launches a devastating invasion of Lebanon leaving 20,000 dead. Egypt responds by freezing diplomatic ties and recalls its ambassador to Israel. Demonstrations break in Egyptian universities
1988
April: The International Court of Justice rules in Egypt's favour in the Taba dispute1991
30 October: The Madrid Peace Conference is inaugurated under US-Russian auspices. For the first time Israel starts official bilateral peace negotiations on separate tracks with Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority1993
September: Historic hand-shake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn. Israel and the PLO recognise one another and sign an agreement committing themselves to peace. US President Bill Clinton declares a historic change in the Middle East. Egypt declares support for the agreement1994
4 May: Details of the Gaza-Jericho aspect of the Declaration of Principles (DOP) are negotiated and concluded in an agreement signed in Cairo between Israel and the PLO1995
5 May: Taba, DOP negotiations on the permanent status agreements commence5 November: President Mubarak makes his first visit to Israel to attend Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's funeral
1996
13 March: World leaders gather in Sharm Al-Sheikh for the Peace Makers summit that condemns all acts of terror23 June: Egypt expresses concern over the future of peace-making given the policies of Likud Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Arab leaders, except for the Iraqi President, gather in Cairo for a summit where they unanimously agree, for the first time, that peace with Israel is a strategic choice
18 July: Alexandria, Netanyahu makes his first visit to Egypt. His second and last visit is a year later
12-14 November: Third Middle East/North Africa Economic Conference is held in Cairo having been downgraded from a summit level to demonstrate Egypt's disappointment with the anti-peace policies of Netanyahu
1997
November: Egypt lobbies Arab countries for a low profile participation in the Doha MENA conference. Egypt enters a dispute with the US over its stance. Qatar is also made angry.1999
June: Ehud Barak, newly elected, makes his first visit to Egypt as Israeli prime minister28 September: Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat sign an implementation protocol for the Wye I Agreement at Sharm Al-Sheikh and agree to start final status talks. Mubarak hosts the conference and King Abdullah of Jordan and American Foreign Secretary Madeleine Albright both attend
