but Carter used a personal approach to keep the talks going between Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin. The Camp David Accords would become Carter's greatest foreign policy achievement.

Egyptian President Sadat (left), U.S. President Carter (center), and Israeli Prime Minister Begin shake hands at the conclusion of the Camp David Peace Accords signing ceremony in the East Room of ...

The Camp David peace accords, signed by Israel and Egypt in 1978, remain the biggest achievement from decades of mostly failed U.S. peacemaking in the Middle East. But for Carter, who died on ...