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U.S. president Jimmy Carter sits at a desk between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian Pres. Anwar Sadat.

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In 1978 Carter brokered a peace deal between Israel and Egypt.

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Israel-Egypt peace treaty: Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Sadat

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Anwar Sadat, Jimmy Carter, and Menachem Begin

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U.S. President Jimmy Carter overseeing a discussion between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (left) and Egyptian President Anwar el-Sādāt (right) at Camp David, Maryland, September 1978.

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