Jimmy Carter and Camp David

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Jimmy Carter and Camp David

• Rachel Verber
• Lauren Beetz

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Jimmy Carter

• Jimmy Carter was born October 1, 1924 in Plaines,
  Georgia
• He graduated form the United States Naval Academy
  in 1946
• In 1952, Carter joined a select group of officers
  who were developing the world's first nuclear
  powered submarines
• Jimmy and Rosalynn were married on July 7, 1946.
  They had four children.
• Carter became president in 1976
• Jimmy carter employed more women and minorities
  than any other previous president. Out of his
  1,200 full time employees 12 were women and 16
  were minorities.

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Camp David

• Camp David is located 70 miles from the White
  House in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland.
• Camp David was established in 1942 as a place
  for the President to relax and entertain

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More On Camp David

• Camp David was the meeting place for many
  historical events such as
• FDR and Winston Churchills planned Allie
  invasion of Europe in WWII
• Discussions leading to the Bay of Pigs
• Various discussions about the Vietnam War
• Jimmy Carters plan to help bring peace between
  Egypt and Israel.

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Egyptian-Israeli Conflict

• Israel and the Arab Nations had been at war with
  each other for several years, the most recent
  being 1967, 1973, and 1977.
• They were fighting over land territory, mainly
  the Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula, and the West
  Bank.

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Egypt

• During 1977, The democratic President of Egypt
  was Anwar El-Sadat.
• Throughout his presidency, he wanted to make
  peace with Israel in hopes to takeover the Sinai
  Peninsula.

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Egypts Opinion

• Egypt was upset because Israel captured the Golan
  Heights from Syria, the West Bank including East
  Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Gaza Strip and the
  Sinai Peninsula from Egypt.

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Israel

• The Prime Minister of Israel during 1977, was
  Menachem Begin.
• He also wished for peace with Egypt and tried to
  do so through the Camp David Accords.

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Israels Opinion

• Israel believed that they deserved the land that
  they captured because it held their holy land
  from long ago.

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• The Camp David Accords rank as one of the most
  important achievements of the Carter
  administration. First, they opened the way to
  peace between Egypt and Israel, which transformed
  the entire political, military, and strategic
  character of the Middle East dispute. Genuine
  peace between Egypt and Israel meant there would
  be no major Arab-Israeli war, whatever the
  position of other Arab groups.
• - Cyrus Vance (Secretary of State)

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Carters Invitation

• Jimmy Carter saw that the peace negotiations
  between Egypt and Israel were not going so well,
  so he sent Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, to
  invite them to Camp David. He thought he might be
  able to do something to help.

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Carter Plays Peacekeeper

• Carters attempt at playing peacekeeper was a
  success, they managed to agree upon certain
  settlements amongst themselves.
• These settlements are known as The Camp David
  Accords

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The Camp David Accords

• The framework for the Camp David Accords was put
  together at Camp David, but The Camp David
  Accords were signed on September 17, 1978 at the
  White House not Camp David
• Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai
  Peninsula, which they had occupied since 1967.
• Egypt agreed to become the first Arab Nation to
  acknowledge Israel as a nation.
• Egypt and Israel agreed not to use force to
  settle disputes
• The Accords also forced both countries to settle
  the disputes of
• Elected representatives of the inhabitants of the
  West Bank and Gaza Strip,
• The security of Israel and its neighboring
  countries
• Admissions of displaced persons from Gaza and the
  West Bank
• The inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza.
• Military arrangements

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Pictures of Camp David Accords
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The Aftermath

• The Camp David Accords set an example to the rest
  of the Arab Nations surrounding Israel, that
  peaceful negotiations with Israel were possible.