Tuhami was born in 1924. This was followed, on 16 September, by a meeting between Tuhami and Israeli
foreign minister Moshe Dayan to discuss if Israel was sincere in pursuing peace talks with Egypt. This first Tuhami–Dayan meeting, facilitated by
King Hassan II of Morocco, preceded Anwar Sadat's
November 1977 trip to Jerusalem. It was in these meetings where the Egyptians first learned of Israel's willingness to withdraw "from
Sinai in return for full, contractual,
bilateral peace between the two states." Dayan, however, indicated in his book
Breakthrough that he did not make such a promise and "was pleased that Sadat...would be coming to Jerusalem unaccompanied by any preconditions." Tuhami and Dayan met again on 2 December 1977, in Morocco. Tuhami's meetings with Dayan were part of the process that led to the
Camp David Accords (1978) and
Egyptian–Israeli Peace Treaty (1979). ==See also==