When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Isra…

Jimmy Carter
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When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land. ✨ Jimmy Carter Interview: Real Story Behind Egypt Israeli Peace Deal. Interview with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.
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