As Social Media Documents Buildup of Egyptian Armor in the Sinai, Concern Grows in Israel That a War Is Being Readied
Amassing ‘offensive weapons’ would be a violation of 1977 treaty, Israel’s ambassador at Washington says.
As Egypt spearheads Arab opposition to President Trump’s “Mideast Riviera” plan for Gaza, concerns are growing in Israel over Cairo’s military power on its border. Will the two countries, which battled each other four times prior to signing an unprecedented peace treaty, return to war?
Mideast social media is filled with documentation of an Egyptian tank buildup in the Sinai desert near the Israeli border. The Israeli ambassador to Washington, Yechiel Leiter, is warning that amassing “offensive weapons” in that area might be a violation of the 1977 treaty signed by the two countries.
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