The+MIddle+East+in+the+80's+and+90's++-+Khudaija+Kermalli

= = = The Middle East in the 80's and 90's = 

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-"President (1996-2004) of the Palestinian Authority, chairman (1969-2004) of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah, the largest of the constituent PLO groups. In 1993 he led the PLO to a peace agreement with the Israeli government. Arafat and Yitchak Rabin and Shimon Peres of Israel were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace in 1994". ======



**OPEC & THE OIL EMBARGO**

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**-**" The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries" ======

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- The goal of the OPEC was to present a common front in negotiations with the giant oil companies, which themselves worked closely together ======



ISRAEL & EGYPT PEACE TREATY TIME LINE:


__**1948 //May://**__ Egypt and Israel enter war.

__**1949 //January 12-February 24://**__ Talks between Israel and Egypt, only resulting in smaller adjustments after the war and the signing of an armistice agreement.


 * __1977__ //__November 19__://** Anwar Sadat makes a surprise visit to Israel, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, __[|Menachim Begin],__ and addressing the Israeli parliament, the [|Knesset].

__**//1978// //September://**__ Camp David Accords are held, in which many, but not all, issues of the peace between Israel and Egypt are dealt with.

— Egypt is expelled from the [|Arab League], and the headquarters are relocated to Tunis, Tunisia. Egypt was pardoned first in 1989.
 * __1979__ //__March 26__://** The peace treaty is signed in Washington, DC, USA.

__**1980's:**__ Ambassadors are appointed between the two countries, and Israel has withdrawn from 2/3 of Sinai.  **__1982__ //__April__://** Israel completes its withdrawal from Sinai.



**__CREDITS:__ http://looklex.com/e.o/egyptian-israeli_peac** **e_trea** **ty.htm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31844/Yasir-Arafat**

