In 1978, Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David Accords, ensuring stability and security on Israel's southern border for more than a quarter of a century and opening the way for diplomatic, security, and economic cooperation.

In 1994, Israel and Jordan signed a peace agreement, ensuring the stability and security of the Israeli-Jordanian border and of the Israeli-controlled border between the West Bank and Jordan, and paving the way for diplomatic relations, economic ties, and water-sharing agreements.

These agreements came as the result of courageous and visionary leadership in all three countries. In the years since these agreements, both Jordan and Egypt have played a vital role in efforts to stop violence and resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as to support other key U.S. policy priorities in the region. Moreover, these peace agreements have dissipated the security pressures to Israel along two of its borders. They have freed up Israeli security resources and manpower and given Israel breathing room to focus on other security threats and challenges.

The enduring nature of these agreements, even under the strain of crises and pressures in the region, demonstrates that agreements based on mutual interests can succeed, and can pay huge dividends in terms of stability and security, both for Israel and its neighbors. Clearly, it is hoped that the "cool peace" that exists today between Israel and these two Arab states will become warmer - something that is much more likely to happen when Israel achieves additional peace agreements that pave the way for normalization of ties with the entire Arab world.

APN supports continued strong U.S. relations with Israel's courageous partners in peace, Jordan and Egypt, including maintaining the longstanding robust US assistance programs for these two important allies. APN recognizes the important contributions of Egypt and Jordan to efforts to make progress toward Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab peace. APN rejects any efforts to undermine these key relationships.

APN supports continued robust U.S. economic and military assistance to Egypt and rejects efforts to undermine these aid programs. The U.S. has a vital strategic national interest in keeping both Egypt and Jordan strong and secure, based both on their historic roles in making peace with Israel, and the important parts each are have played and continue to play in efforts to promote Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab peace.