![]() ![]() ![]() Even something as simple as the three of them engaging in a shared prayer broadcast to the world made Begin suspicious, Carter writes. Begin, meanwhile, was unpredictable and made everyone uneasy, contradicting himself at every turn. ![]() Sadat is described as charismatic and politically shrewd, knowing exactly when to lay on the easy charm and when to go for the big gesture. Pulling from detailed notes he took during the thirteen days of negotiation, Carter describes the two as being complete opposites, both in temperament and in terms of their politics. Carter faced a daunting task in playing mediator between Anwar el-Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel. Nowhere is this more evident than when discussing the negotiations at Camp David, which eventually led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. ![]()
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