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President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat stand together on the White House lawn, smiling and clasping hands after signing the Israel-Egypt peace treaty.
Israel-Egypt peace treaty: Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Sadat U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter (second from right), Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (right), and Egyptian Pres. Anwar Sadat clasping hands on the White House lawn after the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, March 26, 1979.

Camp David Accords

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Also known as: “Framework for Peace in the Middle East”
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States and the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002.
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Camp David Accords, agreements between Israel and Egypt signed on September 17, 1978, that led in the following year to a peace treaty between those two countries, the first such treaty between Israel and any of its Arab neighbors. Brokered by U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter (this author) between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian Pres. Anwar Sadat and officially titled the “Framework for Peace in the Middle East,” the agreements became known as the...

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