Israel's History:
1978

1978:
by Lena Silver, 2002-2003 Far West Israel Affairs VP

• January:
  Anwar Sadat and Jimmy Carter meet in Egypt and issue a joint statement.
• February:
  Sadat in Washington requests US as arbiter... Carter says US will be mediator not arbiter.
• March:
  Carter and UN demand Israeli withdrawl from West Bank on all three fronts; PLO terrorists operating out of Lebanon land on Haifa beach and kill 35 Israelis and wound 76 through cars and buses; IDF begins incursion into Lebanon to root out PLO; UN demands Israel retreat from Lebanon, Israel accuses UN of yielding to Saudi pressure; Begin visits Carter in US; 25,000 Israelis gather to protest Israeli holding of West Bank - "Better a land of peace that a piece of land".
• May:
  30th anniversary of Israel! Yitzhak Navon becomes Isreal's 5th President - first Sephardi to hold post.
• June:
  Israel ends its phased withdrawl from Lebanon; Israel Ambassador Unna visits SOuth Africa and refuses to see play "Golda" because theatre is closed to blacks.
• July:
  US VP Walter Mondale visits Israel.
• August:
  Anwar agrees to tripartite summit conference at Camp David.
• September:
  From the 5th-16th, secret meetings held at Camp David. Agreement is reached and two documents signed - framework for peace in ME and framework for treaty between Israel and Egypt.
• November:
  Israeli and Egyptian negotiating teams agree on treaty, but delay ensues. Begin and Sadat are jointly awarded Nobel Peace prize.
• December:
  Israeli consumer price index risen 50% in past year.