1979: Libya

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Libya continued to be at the forefront of Arab countries opposed to Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat's peace initiatives with Israel. When Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin signed the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty on March 26, relations between Libya and its Egyptian neighbor, already... ...