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| Israel tells Egypt to remove tanks from Sinai |
| 2012-08-21 |
| Israel has told Egypt that it must remove its tanks from the Sinai Peninsula because their continued presence violates the peace agreement between the two countries. The message was sent via the White House in an effort to give the warning added weight and to bridge the shaky relationship between Israeli and Egyptian security forces, Maariv reported on Tuesday. Israel was protesting the ongoing increase in military presence, which has been going ahead without coordination with Jerusalem. On Monday, an Egyptian security source told Reuters that Cairo would soon deploy tanks, aircraft and rocket launchers in its bid to root terrorist elements out of the peninsula. The move would constitute an unprecedented military presence in the Sinai, which was demilitarized as part of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Jerusalem considers the peninsula a strategic buffer zone. The decision to communicate via the White House was made, the report said, because Israeli ties with Egypt have become strained in recent months. The United States is still influential thanks to the $1.3 billion of military aid it supplies to Egypt every year. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Oe else? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-08-21 19:38 |
| #1 My question a while ago was how much Egyptian military would Israel countenance before a preemptive strike. Guess we're finding out. And it doesn't look like they'll allow much. What's the line on an Egyptian move against Israel? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2012-08-21 12:36 |