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Jimmy Carter, former president who brokered first Arab-Israeli peace accord, is dead at 100

JL;DR SUMMARY Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president renowned for brokering the 1978 Camp David Accords—a landmark peace treaty between Israel and Egypt—has died at age 100. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Middle EastHuman RightsEgyptAnwar SadatCamp David AccordsNobel Peace PrizeJimmy CarterMenachem BeginPeace Treaty

Places mentioned

Plains, Georgia, United States
"Carter, who had remained active into his final years despite a 2015 diagnosis of liver cancer, died Sunday at 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, his nonprofit announced."
Georgia, United States
"James Earl Carter, Jr. was born in Plains, a small town in South Georgia with 683 people in it, as Carter liked to say."
Maryland, United States
"In 1978, against the advice of his advisors, Carter invited Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to the presidential retreat in the Catoctin mountains near Washington."
Egypt
"Carter invited Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to the presidential retreat in the Catoctin mountains near Washington."
Israel
"Carter invited Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to the presidential retreat in the Catoctin mountains near Washington."
Iran
"During the 1979 Iranian revolution, Jewish Iranians attempting to flee to the United States hit obstacles in consulates abroad."

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