Derekh Eretz Zutta Eretz Zuta" was commissioned to commemorate the signing of the peace treaty between the State of Israel and Egypt. Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel presented copies to President Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt at El Arish, May 27, 1979. This book was designed, handwritten and illuminated by Zvi Narkiss. The slipcase is solid olive wood, brown velour lining, brass plaque on front. Derekh Eretz Zutta Derekh Eretz Zutta (Hebrew: מסכת דרך ארץ זוטא) is a non-canonical tractate of the Babylonian Talmud. The name is misleading in more than one respect; the word "zuṭa" (small) would seem
Anwar Sadat be socially conservative he gave them "considerable cultural and ideological autonomy" in exchange for political support. In 1971, three years into the War of Attrition in the Suez Canal zone, Sadat endorsed in a letter the peace proposals of UN negotiator Gunnar Jarring, which seemed to lead to a full peace with Israel on the basis of Israel's withdrawal to its pre-war borders. This peace initiative failed as neither Israel nor the United States of America accepted the terms as discussed then. Shortly after taking office, Sadat shocked many Egyptians by dismissing and imprisoning two of the most powerful figures