1979 The US combined diplomacy with financial muscle to soften relations between Egypt and Israel. In 1979, the Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat, signed a mutual recognition pact with Israel and Sinai was returned to Egypt
Pictured, Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin shake hands at the signing of the Camp David accords
Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis
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