The negotiations resulted in the 'Camp David Accords' which were formalized as the 'Egypt--Israel Peace Treaty' the following year, in Washington DC on March 26, 1979.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. ... Camp David served as the setting for groundbreaking diplomatic agreements such as President Jimmy Carter's Camp David Accords in 1978.

It has also been the site of diplomatic events like the Camp David Accords in 1978 and the G8 summit in 2012. Here's a look inside Camp David, where presidents go to escape Washington.

Former President Jimmy Carter played a pivotal role in bringing the leaders of Egypt and Israel together in 1978, which resulted in the historic Camp David Accords that brought lasting peace ...

President Jimmy Carter's crowning foreign policy achievement, the Camp David Accords of 1978, was the first peace agreement brokered in the Middle East since Israel became a nation in 1948.

Israel and Egypt had fought five wars before signing the Camp David Accords, a landmark peace treaty brokered by then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s.

The Camp David peace accords, signed by Israel and Egypt in 1978, remain the biggest achievement from decades of mostly failed U.S. peacemaking in the Middle East.

The negotiations resulted in the 'Camp David Accords' which were formalized as the 'Egypt--Israel Peace Treaty' the following year, in Washington DC on March 26, 1979.

"Camp David is a really great location when we're talking to get to know world leaders one on one," Fling said. "It's very private and secluded, so they can really focus on the conversations that ...