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Anwar Sadat

He was informed by the Soviets about Israel's attitude towards a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, following Golda Meir's meeting with Leonid Brezhnev in 1972.

1918–1981 · Mit Abu al-Kawm, Al-Minufiyya, Egypt

Anwar Sadat was the President of Egypt. In 1978, he successfully concluded the Camp David summit with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, a significant step towards peace in the Middle East.2

He was informed by the Soviets about Israel's attitude towards a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, following Golda Meir's meeting with Leonid Brezhnev in 1972. This intelligence may have prompted Sadat to launch a war against Israel in 1973 to force them to the peace table.1

Sadat and Menachem Begin later developed a face-saving formula over the Palestinian issue, leading to the Camp David Accords. Sadat was primarily interested in regaining the Sinai for Egypt and was not keen on the Gaza Strip due to its large Palestinian population.1

Sources

  1. Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩
  2. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. ↩

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