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Israel’s latest worry: Egypt
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| 22 January 2002 |
There is no threat of war between Israel and Egypt. The two countries made peace in 1979. So why are Israeli generals worried about an Egyptian military resurgence? And why have the Israelis gone so far to block delivery of American weapons to the Cairo government?
The reason given is that Israeli military intelligence discovered that in all recent Egyptian army exercises, the targeted enemy was Israel.
The Israelis acted quickly and asked the Americans not to supply Egypt with new, state-of-the-art F-15s. At first the Americans refused. However, they changed their mind after the Israelis provided them with proof.
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