Camp David

[ dey-vid ]

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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

/ ˈdeɪvɪd /

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)

A weekend at Camp David with the Democratic Leadership and their families to break the ice?

Did Yasser Arafat walk away from a “generous offer” at Camp David?

Will Syria collapse or Egypt renege on the Camp David Accords?

Any minute now, Ehud Barak will be elected Prime Minister and make a disaster out of Camp David.

The best Israeli offer for a Palestinian state was given in Camp David II in 2000.

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