President carter focused on creating peace between israel and egypt because he hoped it would

Option c. maintain oil supplies from the middle east.

Explanation:

Options for the question -

a. bring home the hostages from iran.

b. end the war in afghanistan.

c. maintain oil supplies from the middle east.

d. defeat the regime in iran.

Solution -

Israel and Egypt were never behaved as good neighbor. They have always been into war like situation against each other. In 1977, when Jimmy Carter became the president, he tried to resolve this conflict between the two nations and involved all the middle eastern parties in negotiations including the Jordan, Syria, Palestinians.  

Egypt promised the following gains to Israel - security arrangements in Sinai, peace with Egypt, military presence in Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip, Safe passage for water and in turn demanded for uninterrupted supply of oil  

Hence, option C is correct

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