On a September night 47 years ago, I sat in a packed House Press Gallery as waves of applause hailed President Jimmy Carter and the leaders of Egypt and Israel for the Camp David accords ending decades of enmity between the two Middle East neighbors.

I was reminded of that Monday as I watched a similar scene unfold in Israel’s Knesset as President Donald Trump basked in acclaim for his success in forging the ceasefire and prisoner exchange ending the brutal two-year Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza.

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“This week, against all odds, we have done the impossible,” the triumphant president declared, noting the region’s history of wars and calling the pact he brokered “the historic dawn of a new Middle East.” He urged the region’s Arab leaders to join in the 2020 Abraham Accords estab

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