FILE - President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin stand for the playing of their National Anthems at the White House in Washington, March ...

PLAINS, Ga. – Before reaching the 1978 peace deal between Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter managed months of intense preparation, high-stakes negotiations at ...

In September 1978, President Jimmy Carter invited Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Camp David in Maryland for a historic peace summit. For 13 tense days ...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House after signing the peace treaty ...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shaking hands at the conclusion of the Camp David Peace Accords signing ...

Commentary and archival information about Menachem Begin from The New York Times. ... Mr. Carter was a lifeline to stalled talks by mediating a summit at Camp David in 1978.

Eizenstat recalled a pivotal moment during the tense negotiations when Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was about to leave Camp David. Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as ...

Eizenstat recalled a pivotal moment during the tense negotiations when Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was about to leave Camp David. Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as ...

Eizenstat recalled a pivotal moment during the tense negotiations when Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was about to leave Camp David. Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as ...

Middle East peace: Jimmy Carter famously brokered a peace accord with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in 1978. (Guy DeLort/WWD/Penske Media via ...

FILE - President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin stand for the playing of their National Anthems at the White House in Washington, March ...

EDITORS: As part of its coverage of the death of former President Jimmy Carter, The Associated Press is looking back at major events in his life. Carter's success at Camp David negotiating a ...