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| Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement. | Saturday, November 19th, 1977 |
| Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with President of Egypt Anwar Sadat. | Sunday, December 25th, 1977 |
| Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. | Sunday, December 10th, 1978 |
| Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, DC. | Monday, March 26th, 1979 |
| Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns. | Thursday, September 15th, 1983 |
The Egyptian army concentrations in the Sinai approaches do not prove that Nasser was really about to attack us. We must be honest with ourselves. We decided to attack him.