The Carters Lunch with Israeli Prime Minister and Egyptian President
This photograph of President Jimmy Carter at a luncheon in the President's Dining Room was taken in March 1979 before signing a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. From left to right are Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin; First Lady of Egypt Jehan Sadat; President Carter; Aliza Begin, wife of the Israeli prime minister; Egyptian President Anwar Sadat; and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. The historic peace treaty, which negotiated an end to decades of hostilities between the two countries, followed the Camp David Accords.