November 19, 1977 - Anwar Sadat - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visits Israel. Anwar al-Sadat rose from humble beginnings to the presidency of his country, Egypt. When Egypt was locked in battle with Israel over Suez Canal rights, President Sadat risked much by telling the Egyptian Parliament that he would go to great lengths to negotiate peace with Israel. Israeli officials responded quickly by inviting Sadat to visit their country. So it was that on November 19, 1977, with the world watching, Sadat landed in Tel Aviv. The next day, he spoke to Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, delivering a message of peace. This eventually led to the Camp David Accord in 1978 and a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. For these efforts, Sadat and Israel’s prime minister, Menachem Begin, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978. Sadly, Sadat was killed by a fundamentalist Muslim in Cairo in 1981 during a military review.

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