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Which U.S. president personally mediated the 1978 Camp David talks after Sadat and Begin nearly walked out over the wording of one treaty phrase?
Answer
Jimmy Carter
President Carter spent thirteen days personally shuttling between Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli PM Begin at Camp David, keeping the talks alive when a dispute over treaty language nearly caused a breakdown.
💡 Did you know?
At Camp David in 1978, Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli PM Begin nearly walked out over disagreements about a single phrase in the treaty text.
Other options people guess
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Ronald Reagan
Topics
- camp-david
- diplomacy
- 1970s
- middle-east
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