sentences:  It was immediately considered one of Israel's premier hotels and would later prove to be a problem in the ensuing talks between the two nations.After the peace agreements were signed in 1979 between the two nations, the status of the hotel and village were to be decided on future negotiations.In 1986, an international panel ruled that the land would be returned to Egypt, but that Israelis would be free to visit the tiny strip without paying a tax (to this day tourists do not pay a tax when travelling between Eilat and the hotel).