White Paper Topics #2: 1. How the 1977 elections in Israel was a watershed moment in social, economic, and political spheres of influence. 2. Camp David Accords is a rational choice model of decision making. 3. The creation of NIS destroyed the socialist-democracy compact that Israel was based upon in 1948 replacing it with a free-market capitalist model. 4. How does PH theory explain Menachem Begin’s agreement with Egypt at Camp David? 5. How the First Lebanon War created an external crisis for Israel and strained relations between the Reagan administration and the Begin government? 6. How does PH theory explain Anwar Sadat’s negotiating position at Camp David? 7. Why was American financial support for rebuilding the Israeli economy another example of rational choice theory. 8. Why was U.S. Secretary of State Schultz was a proponent of helping rebuild the Israel economy.