Successfully Reconcile Israel-Egypt, PM Netanyahu: We Will Always Remember The Role Of President Carter

JAKARTA - Benjamin Netanyahu's primer recalled and praised Jimmy Carter's role in Israel's peace with Egypt, while remembering the late 39th president of the United States.

Jimmy Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 100 on Sunday.

In a short message that appeared to be delivered from the hospital after undergoing prostate surgery, he conveyed the Israeli government's condolences to the people of the United States and the Carter family.

"We will always remember the role of President Carter in forging the first Arab-Israel peace treaty signed by Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, a peace treaty that has been in effect for nearly half a century and offers hope for future generations," Prime Minister Netanyahu wrote on X. , reported The Times of Israel December 30.

As previously reported, after winning the presidential nomination from the Democratic Party in 1976, Carter served as the 39th president of the United States from January 1977 to January 1981, after defeating the incumbent Gerald Ford of the Republican Party in the general election.

His one-term presidential term was marked by the peak of the 1978 Camp David agreement between Israel and Egypt, which brought stability to the Middle East.

The Middle East is the focus of foreign policy for the Carter Administration. The 1979 Egyptian-Israel peace agreement, which was based on the 1978 Camp David agreement, ended the war between the two neighboring countries.

Carter took Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to the Camp David resting place in Maryland to hold talks. Then, when the deal was threatened with failure, Carter saved things by flying to Cairo and Jerusalem to conduct personal inter-pickpoking diplomacy.

The agreement regulates the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the establishment of diplomatic relations. Begin and Sadat won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978, respectively.

Interestingly, the late Carter became a vocal critic of Israel in his last years.

In recent years, Carter has experienced several health problems including a melanoma that spreads to her heart and brain. Carter decided to receive hospital treatment in February 2023 instead of undergoing additional medical intervention.