Editing Camp David Accords (section)

===Searching a negotiation modus===
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[[File:Begin Brzezinski Camp David Chess.jpg|thumb|Begin and Brzezinski playing [[chess]] at Camp David]]
[[File:Sadat and Begin and their delegations at Camp David, September 17, 1978 (10729645586).jpg|thumb|250px|A 1978 meeting at [[Camp David]] with (seated, l-r) [[Aharon Barak]], [[Menachem Begin]], [[Anwar Sadat]], and [[Ezer Weizman]].]]

A mechanism had yet to be created for Israel and Egypt to pursue the talks begun by Sadat and Begin in Jerusalem.<ref name="Forward.com">{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/opinion/13212/how-jimmy-carter-almost-derailed-peace-with-egypt-01709/|title=How Jimmy Carter Almost Derailed Peace With Egypt|date=24 April 2008|website=The Forward}}</ref> The Egyptian president suggested to Begin that Israel place a secret representative in the American embassy in Cairo. With American "cover," the true identity of the Israeli, who would liaise between the Egyptian and Israeli leaders, would be known only to the American ambassador in Cairo.<ref name="Forward.com"/>

Carter's acceptance of the proposed liaison scheme would have signaled American backing for Sadat's unprecedented peace initiative, but Carter rejected the proposal. However, Carter could not thwart the Israeli–Egyptian peace push. Within days Israeli journalists were allowed into Cairo, breaking a symbolic barrier, and from there the peace process quickly gained momentum. An Israeli–Egyptian working summit was scheduled for 25 December in Ismailiya, near the [[Suez Canal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peacenow.org/entries/archive3705|title=Americans for Peace Now: Archives|website=peacenow.org}}</ref>