Peace processes

• Camp David Accords (1978): Carter hosted Sadat (Egypt) and Begin (Israel). Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979. Egypt recognized Israel; Israel returned the Sinai. Sadat assassinated by Egyptian Islamists in 1981.
• PLO and the First Intifada (1987–1993): The Palestine Liberation Organization, led by Yasser Arafat from 1969. The First Intifada was a sustained Palestinian protest movement using stone-throwing and civil disobedience.
• Oslo Accords (1993): Arafat and Rabin signed on the White House lawn under Clinton. Mutual recognition; a Palestinian Authority with limited self-government. Rabin assassinated in 1995 by an Israeli extremist opposed to the peace process.
• Subsequent decades: Second Intifada (2000–2005), continued settlement expansion, Hamas takeover of Gaza (2007), multiple conflicts. No final peace agreement as of the 2020s.

How to discuss this on the test: The Regents typically asks about the founding of Israel in 1948, the Six-Day War of 1967 and its territorial consequences, the Camp David Accords as a major Egyptian–Israeli breakthrough, and the role of Arafat, Begin, Sadat, and Rabin. Maria should set out the basic facts and major resolution attempts without taking partisan positions.