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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. 1918-12-25 1981-10-06 Mit Abu al-Kawm, Al-Minufiyya, Egypt

Anwar Sadat was the President of Egypt. In 1978, he successfully concluded the Camp David Accords with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, a significant step towards peace in the Middle East.1

He was informed by the Soviet Union about Israel attitude towards a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, following Golda Meir meeting with Leonid Brezhnev in 1972. This intelligence may have prompted Anwar Sadat to launch a war against Israel in 1973 to force them to the peace table.2

Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin later developed a face-saving formula over the Palestinian issue, leading to the Camp David summit. Anwar Sadat was primarily interested in regaining the Sinai Desert for Egypt and was not keen on the Gaza Strip due to its large Palestinian population.2

Footnotes

  1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. ↩︎

  2. Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. ↩︎