Carter’s Middle East peace legacy survives, but mostly in name

US president Jimmy Carter, who died on Monday, left an enduring legacy when he brokered historic peace between Egypt and Israel — tepid and shaky, but unbroken even by the nearly 15-month long Gaza war.”For 45 years we’ve had no war” with Egypt, said Ruth Wasserman Lande, a former Israeli diplomat in Cairo.But, she told AFP, “I would not go as far as to say it’s a peace.”Egypt and Israel have maintained close trade relations, security collaboration and diplomatic ties for nearly half a century since the agreement that made Cairo the first Arab government to recognise Israel.The 1979…