When it became clear that both sides were holding to predictable statements and worn arguments, President Carter developed his own strategy of getting agreement in bite-size portions-first from one side and then from the other. He also suggested Camp David, the private presidential retreat, as a setting conducive to these meetings without the disruption of the press. President Jimmy Carter offered to serve as a mediator. President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin expressed a new willingness to attempt resolution of the conflict, while U.S. Each leader took enormous risks to be there, but the successful outcome of their meetings brought immediate worldwide attention to each one’s courage and resolve.Ī formula for resolving conflict evolved during the Camp David meetings. President Jimmy Carter, Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt came to the secluded presidential retreat, Camp David, hoping to find avenues to peace in their troubled part of the world. Twenty-five years ago in the isolation and solitude of the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, three world leaders came together seeking a way out of the years of distrust, manipulation, war, and political posturing in the Middle East.
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