Member of Israel's Knesset Warns That Israel Must Prepare For War If Egypt Deploys In the Sinai

The facts of the Middle East are often unmistakeable...and the reality of Israel's precarious position amongst its neighbors is usually sobering.

This is from Israel National News:

MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) warned Sunday that Israel must prepare for the possibility that Egypt will deploy its military in the Sinai peninsula – and respond to that act as a declaration of war.

Eldad, who is a member of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, said Israel "must prepare for the annulment" of the treaty, or its abrogation without a formal annulment.
Israel could face a situation in which "the Sinai will no longer be just a place for storing arms and training, and military forces beyond what was agreed upon in the peace treaty will enter it," he said. "World public opinion should be prepared for the fact that this would be a casus belli," he said.

Let's face it, Egypt is a damn crap shoot right now on what is going to go down there - we could end up seeing a Muslim Brotherhood coup in that country but what would that mean for their military? There is no love lost between Egypt's secular military leadership and the Muslim Brotherhood and it's my guess that Israel would lick its chops going up against some sort of patchwork military assembled by the messed up MB jihadis. But at the same time, we could see a fake head of state heading up Egypt who is basically a puppet of the MB and that would probably keep the military there in tact.

Israel is going to need to remain steadfast over the next year - they are in a bad situation in that all of their preparations and intel regarding Syria and Egypt are probably worthless now as the times are achanging.

Let's hope that there are some cooler minds in Egypt who have seen the benefits of their long term treaty with Israel.

MK: Prepare for War If Egypt Deploys in Sinai


MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) warned Sunday that Israel must prepare for the possibility that Egypt will deploy its military in the Sinai peninsula – and respond to that act as a declaration of war.

Eldad, who is a member of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, said Israel "must prepare for the annulment" of the treaty, or its abrogation without a formal annulment.
Israel could face a situation in which "the Sinai will no longer be just a place for storing arms and training, and military forces beyond what was agreed upon in the peace treaty will enter it," he said. "World public opinion should be prepared for the fact that this would be a casus belli," he said.

Eldad added that he does not believe Israel's government will take these steps, but also said that "we cannot afford not to do this" because "otherwise we will find Egyptian divisions hurtling in our direction through Sinai."
US forces deployed in the Sinai provide no protection, he said, because they might be evacuated "by means of a single phone call" as occurred in the case of a UN force stationed in Sinai before the Six Day War.