Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, clasps hands with President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin after signing an Israel-Egypt peace treaty in 1979.

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 ...

Reporters filing their stories from the Jerusalem Theater communications center during Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s historic visit to Israel on November 21, 1977 (Ya’akov Sa’ar/GPO archive) ...

Twenty-five years ago this week the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat shocked the world by flying to Jerusalem, addressing the Israeli parliament and calling for peace with a country that Egypt ...

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.

It was a visit like no other in Israel’s history. Forty years ago, on November 19 at 7:59 p.m., a Boeing 707, code-named Egypt 01, landed at Ben-Gurion Airport, one minute ahead of schedule.

President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin smile as they address the international press November 21, 1977 in Jerusalem.

Anwar Sadat's vision for Egypt. Anwar Sadat's vision for Egypt. News. Home Page ... Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize, ...

Military might neither secures peace nor guarantees victory. The adage, “you can’t kill your way out of a war” has been ...

Edwin Smith: On Saturday night the 19th of November, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to set foot in the Israel capital of Jerusalem. A recap after this. Edwin Smith: To ...

Jehan Sadat, 87, widow of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel, died in Egypt on Friday, the country’s state news agency MENA reported.

Edwin Smith: On Saturday night the 19th of November, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to set foot in the Israel capital of Jerusalem. A recap after this. Edwin Smith: To ...