On November 19th, 1977, Anwar Sadat made history by becoming the first Arab leader to visit Israel, beginning a peace process that would lead to Israel's first peace with its Arab neighbors. The treaty concluded between Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat after Henry Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy would make Egypt (by population, a quarter of the Arab world) the first peaceful neighbor of Israel, would give the Sinai peninsula back to Egypt, would earn both leaders Nobel Prizes, and would lead to the assassination of Sadat by radical Islamist forces in Egypt.

That same day in 1977 happened to be the 20th birthday of Ofra Haza, the Yemenite-Jewish singer I've mentioned in a previous post. I don't know if she ever sang about peace with Egypt, but she definitely sang in the movie "The Prince of Egypt", the song "Deliver Us.

In barely-related singing news, when Lady Gaga visited Israel for her August 19th, 2009 performance (she is, unsurprisingly, a Tel Aviv favorite), she dressed fairly modestly (certainly by her standards) while touring the Holy Land out of respect, wearing pants and, strangely, a headscarf. (link).
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Speaking of music entertainers... tomorrow we will be announcing on our website the music bands and performers who will be entertaining on our floats at the 2010 Salute to Israel Parade! Visit our website tomorrow for more information about our exciting entertainers!

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