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
Assassination of Anwar Sadat Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Following the Camp David Accords, Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. But the subsequent 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty was received with controversy among Arab nations, particularly the Palestinians. Egypt's membership in the Arab League was suspended (and not reinstated until 1989). PLO Leader Yasser Arafat said "Let them sign what they like. False peace will not last." In Egypt, various jihadist groups, such as the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, used the Camp David Accords to rally support for their cause. Previously sympathetic to Sadat's attempt to integrate