Carter’s Peace Deal
During his presidency, President Jimmy Carter was instrumental in negotiating one of the most momentous peace agreements in the history of the Middle East. A peace deal was signed under extraordinary circumstances by Menachem Begin, the former president of Israel, and Anwar Sadat, the former president of Egypt, on July 14, 1979. As a result of the deal, Israel received back the Sinai Peninsula, which it had captured during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and Egypt officially recognized Israel’s right to exist for the first time. Both political parties shared the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded in December.
Carters Peace Deal
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