FILE - In this Nov. 20, 1977, file photo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, standing, shakes hands with Israel Prime Minister Menachem Begin in the Israeli Parliament, after Sadat addressed the Knesset. At right is chairman of the Parliament, Yitzhak Shamir, applauding. After decades of animosity and just four years after a bitter war, Sadat came with a historic offer of peace. (AP Photo/Shmuel Rachmani, File)
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 years after a war, Sadat came with a historic offer of peace and addressed the Knesset.
Not all were enthralled with the visit. Libya's Moammar Gadhafi said at the time that Egypt would be sent back a corpse.
The visit set the tone for the Camp David peace treaty in 1979 in Washington.
Sadat was assassinated in Cairo in 1981 by homegrown Islamic militants.
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 1977, file photo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is flanked by Israeli Labor Party leader Shimon Peres, right, and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, in the Israeli Parliament building, in Jerusalem, as they listen to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, at microphone. After decades of animosity and just four years after a bitter war, Sadat came with a historic offer of peace. Not all were enthralled with the visit. (AP Photo/File)
