Since the end of the October 1973 war, Arab-Israeli peace has been a cornerstone of America’s Middle East agenda. The US often looked to Egypt, the most important and influential Arab country, to play a leading role in promoting this goal. And, when it suited him, Mubarak played his part. When the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat humiliated Mubarak before the US secretary of state and the international media by refusing to sign an annex to an Israeli-Palestinian accord brokered in Cairo, Mubarak told him, “Sign it, you son of a dog!”
Desde el final de la guerra de octubre de 1973, la paz árabe-israelí ha sido una piedra angular del programa de Estados Unidos para el Oriente Próximo. A menudo EE.UU. recurrió a Egipto, el país árabe más importante e influyente, para que desempeñara un papel de liderazgo en la promoción de este objetivo.