The Camp David Accords , the Egypt – Israel Peace Treaty and the aftermath of relations between Israel and Egypt are considered a modern example of a cold peace . After having engaged each other in five prior wars , the populations had become weary of the loss of life , and the negotiation of the Accords and Treaty were considered a high point of the Middle East Peace Process . However , Egyptian popular support for the treaty plummeted following the 1981 assassination of Anwar Sadat and the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon , and perception of the treaty has not recovered in the Egyptian populace ever since . This drop in support for the treaty was not entirely reflected in Egyptian government policy , as from 1981 until his 2011 ouster , Sadat 's successor Hosni Mubarak continued to retain the treaty 's terms , while also playing public sentiment against Israelis and Jews through state media . Following Mubarak 's ouster and the installation of a military junta in power until inauguration of the next civilian government , protesters voiced strong opposition against the 1979 treaty with Israel , and the Israeli response to Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and military personnel resulted in the withdrawal of the Egyptian ambassador over the deaths of 5 Egyptian security personnel in the Sinai , ostensibly by either Palestinian militants or Israeli military personnel engaged in a retaliatory air raid on Gaza . The lack of Egyptian support for the 1979 treaty is due in part to panethnic and religious fundamentalist sympathies in Egypt for Palestinian and other Arab Muslim militancies against Israel , a Jewish-majority state currently in conflict over the territory of Israel and the Palestinian territories , as well as Egyptian nationalist sentiment against Israel dating back to before Israel 's independence in 1948 . Furthermore , while most of the letter of both the Accords and the treaty has been maintained , the spirit of normalization which had been intended are perceived as not having been fulfilled
Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and military personnel
2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks
Cold peace