Anwar Sadat steps onto Israeli soil as the first Arab leader to officially visit

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Sadat Visits Israel: First Arab Leader to Make Peace

Anwar Sadat steps onto Israeli soil as the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, meeting Prime Minister Menachem Begin and addressing the Knesset to demand a permanent peace settlement. This bold move directly shattered decades of diplomatic isolation between Egypt and Israel, setting the stage for the Camp David Accords and the 1979 peace treaty that ended their state of war.

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November 20, 1977

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