Egypt has had full diplomatic relations with Israel since the 1979 Camp David peace accords were signed by former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

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In 1977, Menachem Begin, leader of Israel's right-wing Likud bloc, became the country's sixth prime minister.

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As Menachem Begin instinctively understood, neither Prime Minister Sharon nor President Bush has any need to waver.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Stand by Israel

Past leaders of Israel's secular right, Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir, while not socialists, were not active anti-socialists.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: About as Radical as The Reaganites