ed note–do not think FOR A MICROSECOND that all of this–the elimination of the 1979 Peace Treaty with Egypt–did not go into Israel’s calculous as she was planning for the events of Oct. 7th.
From the very moment in which the arch-terrorist Menachem Begin was forced to sign the agreement under threat of losing American military, monetary, and political support, Israel (and in particular the Likud party) began making plans for how to do away with this agreement, and now they have the opportunity to do so, and–best of all–to make it look as though she is justified in doing it, given that the ‘Israel didn’t know about the impending Hamas attacks ‘ narrative has become THE dominant perception of the events of that day, something made possible only by the useful cooperation of virtually the ENTIRETY of the ‘pro-Palestinian’ movement itself.
Times of Israel
A senior Egyptian official tells The Associated Press that Cairo has lodged protests with Israel, the United States and European governments, saying that Israel’s Rafah operation has put its peace treaty with Israel — a cornerstone of regional stability — at high risk.
The official is not authorized to brief media and spoke only on condition of anonymity.
Yesterday, the Israeli military began calling on Palestinians in additional neighborhoods of Rafah to evacuate the area, as it pressed on with an operation against the Hamas terror group in the city in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Wall Street Journal reported in February that Egyptian officials had warned the decades-long peace treaty between Egypt and Israel could be suspended if Israel Defense Forces’ troops were to enter Rafah, or if any of Rafah’s refugees are forced southward into the Sinai Peninsula.
In an effort to forestall a massive influx of refugees, Egypt has stationed tanks near its border with Gaza, after reinforcing the border wall since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas, both structurally and with surveillance equipment.