Speaking today on Israeli Radio, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman ruled out any changes to the Camp David Accords with Egypt, saying there was “no chance” of any changes of any kind in the pact under any circumstances.
The comments come in the wake of the latest cross-border attack from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, in which three militants snuck into Israel and attacked a patrol, killing one Israeli soldier before themselves being slain.
Israel has been demanding Egypt do something about security in the Sinai Peninsula, but the 1979 pact between the two nations prevents Egypt from sending additional military forces into the area, and Israeli officials have likewise condemned efforts to negotiate any temporary additions of tanks for a crackdown.
Keeping the treaty unchanged appears to be a major point for the hawkish Israeli government, and Deputy PM Dan Meridor claimed earlier this year that any attempt by Egypt to negotiate a new treaty after 33 years would prove that Israel should never negotiate with any Arab nation.
Negotiations for Israel are based on the same logic as for the U.S.: do what we tell you without question or we'll bomb you out of existence.
Subtlety is not a known characteristic of Israel or America and that won't change anytime soon!
Israel has broken every treaty they ever signed. The treaty with Egypt is invalid because it was negotiated with a previous government of Egypt. If Israel wants to have a treaty with Egypt they are going to have to renegotiate it with the current government in Egypt.
I just can't imagine any government agreeing to excluding any part of their own country from military protection. Why are the Israelis so adamant about keeping Egyptian forces out of the Sinai? IS it so the Egyptians won't see what the Israelis are doing on Egyptian soil, perhaps?
How else would the "terrorists" (a/k/a Shin Bet) be able to safely and freely create chaos from the Sinai and blame it on Hamas, Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, Shish Kabob, Matza Balls, Ogo Pogo or whoever Isreal deems as a Boogie Man?
Ha ha.. hilarious. You’d think from the above comments in the article that the only people who could ever be disappointed in negotiations are the Israelis. You know with the Israelis being god ordained, how could they ever put a foot wrong.
This individual Avigdor Lieberman togheter with Netanyahu will be with their "uniquely evil" contribution to humanity replace in history books stories of "hated" Hitler and Goebbles" … and when TRUTH on this planet prevail, when mankind free itself from Evil Zionism, when media start to serve to people, when prestitutes get replased with "truth jurnalism" – then people will forgot their footbal, hot dogs and stupid novels…and start be hungry for TRUTH and seek WHAT REALLY HAPPENED…peter czech
The boss has spoken. Now watch the US scramble in with bags full of money to buy Egypt's agreement just to make the masters in Tel Aviv happy.