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Camp David
[ dey-vid ]
noun
- an area, closed to the public, in Catoctin Mountain Park in N central Maryland: presidential retreat with guests' quarters and conference facilities.
Camp David
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noun
- the US president's retreat in the Appalachian Mountains, Maryland: scene of the Camp David Agreement (Sept, 1978) between Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel, mediated by Jimmy Carter, which outlined a framework for establishing peace in the Middle East. This agreement was the basis of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt signed in Washington (March, 1979)
Example Sentences
Jimmy Carter’s presidency is more often defined by his malaise speech than by the 13 days he spent at Camp David negotiating a durable peace between Israel and Egypt.
On the foreign front: Carter brokered the Camp David accords for peace between Israel and Egypt.
Although tensions on the Middle East have ebbed and flowed, the successful Camp David negotiation won acclaim among Israelis and Arabs alike, who praised it as an evenhanded approach from the U.S.
“Law enforcement, the intelligence community are investigating†the Las Vegas explosion, “including whether there is any possible connection to the attack in New Orleans,†Biden said to reporters at Camp David.
Jimmy Carter arranged the Panama Canal Treaty, established diplomatic relations with China, and negotiated the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel.
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