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The Yom Kippur War: Israel's Most Desperate Hour
On the holiest day of the Jewish year, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack that nearly destroyed Israel. The 1973 Yom Kippur War reshaped the Middle East and left scars that endure to this day.
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The Camp David Accords: How Egypt and Israel Made Peace
In 1978, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat — with Jimmy Carter mediating — achieved the first Arab-Israeli peace treaty. It cost Sadat his life, gave Begin a Nobel Prize, and returned the Sinai to Egypt.
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Menachem Begin: From Underground Fighter to Peacemaker
He led an underground army against the British, was branded a terrorist, became prime minister, made peace with Egypt at Camp David, won the Nobel Prize, launched a war in Lebanon, and resigned broken and silent. Menachem Begin's life is the story of modern Israel in one man.
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