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Then US president Jimmy Carter. Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin share a three-way handshake in 1979. AFP
Then US president Jimmy Carter. Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin share a three-way handshake in 1979. AFP
Egypt-Israel peace treaty lives on in troubled region
The 40th anniversary comes as armed conflicts roil several countries across the Arab world