Egypt is rearming heavily — how worried should Israel be?
Why is Egypt — Israel’s first “partner in peace” in the 1979 Camp David Accords — in the middle of frightening military buildup in the Sinai Peninsula, on Israel’s southern border? Why is Egypt, a poor Third-World country that can’t feed itself, spending billions on upgrading its military? Why is America’s security establishment seemingly more concerned about this than Israel’s is?
Why has Israel not protested more vigorously as revelations of Egyptian collusion with Hamas before October 7 have come to light? Why is Israel ignoring the massive tunnels Egypt is constructing in the Sinai? Are we witnessing another “conceptzia” in the making?
If you thought Israel’s quietest border is the one it shares with Egypt, it’s time for a wakeup call. Last weekend in Washington, Republican members of Congress received a closed-door briefing from US intelligence officials about Egypt’s repeated violations of its 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
This didn’t come in a vacuum: Ranked 15th in the 2024 Global Firepower Index — above Israel, at 17th — Egypt has become one of the world’s leading arms buyers.
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