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
History of Egypt under Anwar Sadat workers allowed families in Egypt to buy "refrigerators, TV sets, video recorders, cars and flats." Liberalization also included the reinstitution of due process and the legal banning of torture. Sadat dismantled much of the existing political machine and brought to trial a number of former government officials accused of criminal excesses during the Nasser era. Sadat tried to expand participation in the political process in the mid-1970s but later abandoned this effort. In the last years of his life, Egypt was wracked by violence arising from discontent with Sadat's rule and sectarian tensions, and it experienced a renewed measure of