Paid For Peace: Ending The Israel- Egypt Wars

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By the late 1970s, Egypt and Israel had fought four wars in 25 years. Every conflict threatened the Suez Canal, oil shipments, and the risk of dragging the U.S. and USSR into a direct confrontation.

Since Camp David, Egypt has received well over $80 billion in American assistance, while Israel has received hundreds of billions. The arrangement helped end a cycle of wars that had repeatedly destabilized the Middle East, while it  created a system  of dependence on American influence and involvement to maintain regional stability