The first Arab politician to make peace with Israel: Who is Anwar Sadad?
He became the ruler of the country when Egypt was going through more difficult times than ever before. People called him "passive, he can't do anything". But he succeeded in bringing peace to his country.
On 20 November 1977, millions of Arabs; Many of them could not believe their eyes and watched in amazement when the President of Egypt, the largest military power in the Middle East and the most powerful country in the Arab world, went to Jerusalem and made a peace offer to Israel at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament.
The deputies of the Israeli Parliament, who did not stop applauding for a moment in the 55-minute speech, were also quite astonished, just like everyone else in Syria, Jordan, Sudan, Palestine, and other Arab countries.
Undoubtedly, this speech, which deeply affected Arab-Israeli relations and the balances in the Middle East, was also an indication that nothing would ever be the same.
The reactions and anger of the millions of Arabs who watched the speech were the same, and a single cry was heard from all the houses: "TRAITOR SADAD".
Sadad's life story
He became the President of Egypt after the sudden death of President Jamal Abdünnasır on November 5, 1970, after serving as the chairman of the parliament between 1960-1969, participating in the coup d'etat against the Egyptian King Farouk on July 23, 1952.
Born in Mit Abul Kum village of Manûfiye province of Egypt on December 25, 1918, in a poor family, Sadat had 12 siblings. Anwar Sadat graduated from the Royal Military Academy in the capital of Cairo in 1938 and was appointed to the Signal Corps. There, he met with Gamal Abdel Nasser, and together with several other junior officers, they formed the secret Free Officers organization to liberate Egypt and Sudan from British rule and royal corruption. He was actively involved in many political movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood, Fascist Young Egypt, the pro-palace Egyptian Iron Guard, and the secret military group called the Free Officers.
Together with the Free Officers of which he was a member, he participated in the military coup that overthrew King Faruk on 23 July 1952. He was tasked with giving the news of the revolution to the Egyptian people over radio networks.
PRESIDENCY
After the coup, he became the deputy of Jamal Abdünnasır, who took power after the short-lived presidency of Muhammad Najib. When President Gamal Abdel Nasser died in 1970, he became the President of Egypt.
After the Yom Kippur War with Israel in 1973, he cut off relations with the Soviet Union in 1975 and started to follow a pro-US and western policy. He developed good relations with Israel when he visited Jerusalem on 19 November 1977. On September 17, 1978, with the mediation of the USA, he sat down at the table with Israel and signed the Camp David Convention. With this agreement, Egypt recognized Israel as the first Arab state. Israel also returned the Sinai Peninsula, which it had captured in the Six-Day War in 1967, to Egypt. As a result of his peace efforts, he received the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize together with the then-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.
Assassination
In 1981, during a ceremony celebrating Egypt's independence, he was shot and killed by a group of soldiers who were uncomfortable with his policy of rapprochement with Israel. During this attack, 72 bullets hit Enver Sadat. Captain Khalid al-Islambuli, who killed Sadat, was executed in 1982. The tomb of Anwar Sadat is under the Unknown Soldier monument in Cairo, just across the parade ground where he was killed.
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Four decades on, is Sadat viewed as a traitor or a hero?
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