The Nobel Peace Prize 1978

Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat

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Menachem Begin

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1978 was awarded jointly to Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat and Menachem Begin "for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978"

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