This photograph shows Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Menachem Begin shaking hands at their first meeting at the Camp David Summit as President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter look on.
Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin Shaking Hands at the Camp David Summit
- 9/7/1978
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This primary source comes from the Collection JC-WHSP: White House Staff Photographers Collection.
National Archives Identifier: 181104
Full Citation: Photograph WHSP-C-07288-7; Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter – With President Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Menachem Begin Greeting Each Other at the Camp David Summit; 9/7/1978; Summit Meeting at Camp David — President Carter, President Sadat, Prime Min. Begin; Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Photographs , 1/20/1977 – 1/20/1981; Collection JC-WHSP: White House Staff Photographers Collection,; Jimmy Carter Library, Atlanta, GA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/sadat-begin-handshake/, May 2, 2026]
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