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Camp David Accords Essay

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Former President Jimmy Carter is frequently referred to as a champion of human rights. While his presidency is deemed mostly unsuccessful in handling domestic affairs, such as unemployment and a sharp increase of inflation, Carter is well respected for his attempts to negotiate peace across the world. One of his better-known attempts is the Camp David Accords, in which Carter brought Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat together to discuss peace between the two nations. While most Americans see the Camp David Accords as progress toward peace, Arab leaders felt the opposite.
In an effort to establish himself and his knowledge with international affairs, Carter immersed himself in learning about the Middle East and did a tour in 1973 through Israel, Palestine, Egypt, and Syria. Before the Camp David Accords, the situation between Israel and every other Middle Eastern country was delicate and heightened by constant guerilla attacks back and forth. While Israel had Western support, their successive militant governments established settlements along the Jordan River as well as military occupation throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip pushing Palestinian refugees into Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and the edge of the Gaza Strip. While occupying Palestinian lands in 1967, the United Nations issued Resolution 242 calling for Israel to withdrawal from lands acquired by war and work toward peace as well as settling the refugee problem.

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