World History Minute: Israel and Egypt made peace in 1979
World History Minute: Israel and Egypt made peace in 1979
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Author and historian John Schmidt revisits the details and aftermath of the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.
PHOTO: President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the historic signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement in 1979. (Flickr/Israel Defense Forces)