WSJ: "Seeking to shore up Israel's security, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has permitted the temporary deployment of 800 Egyptian troops into the Sinai, a sparsely populated peninsula demilitarized under the peace treaty. The aim is to prevent smuggling of weapons to Gaza, the neighboring Palestinian enclave ruled by Hamas."
Perhaps the WSJ should have explained what they mean by "Netanyahu has permitted the temporary deployment of 800 Egyptian troops into the Sinai." Is the Sinai not part of Egypt? Does the peace treaty require that Egypt keep troops out of the Sinai?
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Part of the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt requires that the Sinai be a demilitarized area.
Mojo, you show your ignorance in those matters, why don't you stick to what you know? Iraq?
What's wrong with being ignorant about the specifics of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt? I even posed the question: "Does the peace treaty require that Egypt keep troops out of the Sinai?" C.H. answered my question. Thanks C.H.
Do most WSJ readers know that the peace treaty requires the Sinai to be demilitarized?
The WSJ article explains some of the history: "The U.S.-brokered 1979 treaty signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin gave up Israeli occupation of the Sinai in return for peace between neighbors who had waged four wars against each other. It also gave Egypt U.S. military aid that now exceeds $1 billion per year."
But they say "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has permitted the temporary deployment of 800 Egyptian troops into the Sinai" without elaborating, and readers are supposed to know that the Sinai is a demilitarized zone?
Furthermore, I post whatever I'm thinking about, whatever I find interesting and important.
I've posted many times about Israel and Palestine.
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