Why was Egypt suspended from the Arab League after its peace negotiations with Israel?

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Egypt was suspended from the Arab League following its decision to sign a peace treaty with Israel on March 26, 1979.1

Most other Arab nations strongly opposed the Camp David Accords and the subsequent treaty, viewing the move as a betrayal of the collective Arab stance regarding the Middle East conflict and the Palestinian cause. In response to the agreement, which was the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab neighbor, the league members voted to ostracize Egypt, expel it from the organization, and relocate the league’s headquarters from Cairo to Tunis.231

Egypt remained suspended until 1989, when it was reinstated as a member, and the headquarters were returned to Cairo in 1990.1