A quarter-century after Anwar Sadat's historic trip of peace to Jerusalem, NPR's Bob Edwards examines the late Egyptian leader's legacy. Hear Sadat's 1977 speech to the Israeli parliament at NPR ...

Peace is the beauty of life. It is sunshine. It is the smile of a child, the love of a mother, the joy of a father, the ...

JERUSALEM -- On Nov. 19, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat flew to Tel Aviv and told Israelis what they had waited decades to hear from an Arab leader: We welcome you into the Middle East.

When Egyptian President Anwar Sadat visited Israel in 1977, it signaled a new beginning for the battle-weary nations that would transform the region. After decades of animosity and just four ...

The assassinations of Sadat in 1981 and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 by ultra nationalists were among the greatest calamities of that era. Had both lived, the prospect for a ...

Throughout last month, the Israeli people commemorated the 25th anniversary of the historic visit to Israel by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and the resulting peace accord between Israel and Egypt.

CAIRO — In his memoir, former Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Kamel recounted how late President Anwar Sadat reacted to the Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon in 1978, known as ...

Forty years ago — on Nov. 19, 1977 — Egyptian President Anwar Sadat embarked on a groundbreaking visit to Jerusalem. The 1979 peace treaty he later signed with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament is holding a special session to mark 40 years since the historic visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Sadat's 1977 address to the Knesset is ...

FILE - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace ...