Muhammed Anwar al-Sadat, once the President of the Republic of Egypt is mainly remembered for his devotion to peace in the Middle East and as the first Arab leader to recognize Israel. Throughout his eleven years of presidency Sadat was determined to turn his country around. Anwar Sadat played a leading role in paving the way for Pacifism amongst Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East .
During his early years he was posted at a distant military base. While he was there he met Gamal Abdel Nasser, the current President of Egypt; this meeting would be the beginning of a political relationship that eventually led to the Egyptian presidency. Sadat began as Nasser's public relations minister and trusted lieutenant ("Anwar"). In a world of superpower enemies, Sadat learned the dangerous game of nation building ("Anwar"). Nasser's goal was to reestablish control over the Suez Canal. After Nasser led two wars against Israeli he was unsuccessful and put his country in turmoil. Under stress Nasser collapsed and died. .
Sadat was elected as Egypt's president, and he immediately began proving his leadership abilities. Sadat wanted to finish what Nasser had tried to accomplish. To coax some movement toward peace, Sadat made a dramatic decision (Anwar). He launched the Arab-Israeli War of 1973. Egypt, Syria, and Iraq attacked Israel on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, catching the Israelis off guard. Israel recovered quickly and forced the troops back to their initial gains. Even though the war ended with Israel in control Sadat was still devoted to "turning the war into a moral victory" (Sadat). This gave Sadat credibility which earned him respect of his countrymen. Having restored some of the Arabs" wounded pride, Sadat moved decisively to change the face of the Middle East. Sadat stated, "There is no time to lose. I am ready to go to the ends of the earth if that will save one of my soldiers, one of my officers, from being scratched.
Anwar al-Sadat (el-Sadat) Anwar Sadat, also el-Sadat, also al-Sadat, was born in the town of Mit Abul Kom, 40 miles north of Cairo, Egypt on December 25, 1918. ... In his early years Anwar Sadat had political figures that he respected and admired. ... Sadat was one of the first students. ... Sadat was Nasser's successor. ... On October 6, 1973, Sadat struck. ...
In 1973, Anwar Sadat, the successor of Abdel Nasser, attacked Israel on Yom Kippur, a holy Jewish day of fasting and prayer for the atonement of sins. ... With Fears of more wars to come, Anwar Sadat offered peace to Israel in 1977, 4 years after the yom kippur war. Anwar Sadat went to Jerusalem, and told the Israeli parliament, the Knesset: "We used to reject you yet, today we agree to live with you in permanent peace and justice." - Anwar Sadat Sadat then wanted the land los...
During the Camp David Accords President Jimmy Carter invited Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin to attempt peace in the Middle East. ... Anwar Sadat threatened to leave when Begin did not want to hand over the Sinai Peninsula. On the final day Begin and Sadat reached an agreement, Begin pulled the Israeli settlements out of the Sinai and Sadat had the Suez Canal open to Israeli ships. ... However, for his dealing with Israel, Sadat was assassinated a week later. ...
To Israeli Labour peacemakers like Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, the occupied territories provide the chance for a deal with the nations from whom they were conquered, much in the same way as the 1978-79 Camp David Peace Accords were signed between Israel's Likud Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat. ... To the Egyptian Republican government of Anwar al-Sadat, the occupied territory of the Sinai represented one such opportunity, which was in turn siezed in the Camp David Peace Agreement of 1978-79. ...
For example, Al-Jihad "The Islamic Group of Egypt- assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat on October 6, 1981, a year after his historic trip to Jerusalem. The Al-Jihad terrorists hoped to convey to the world, and especially to Muslims, the threat that he represented, the reason for the assassination was; Al-jihad believed Anwar Sadat was a tool of the Christians and a threat to the group's ideology. ...
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