The domestic political upheaval of the Menachem Begin victory in 1977 was followed quickly by an international earthquake in 1978 when Israel and Egypt agree to make peace. Here is the story of how shifts within two societies, and two leaders, led to the signing of the Camp David Accords. Learn about the tension Egyptian president Anwar Sadat felt in his crumbling economy, the involvement of United States President Jimmy Carter, the reaction of the international media and the fear of what territorial compromise would mean for the Jewish settlers of the Sinai Peninsula.