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Source: https://www.thejc.com/opinion/analysis/egypt-is-revising-its-peace-agreement-with-israel-ruyuvq58
Egypt Is Revising Its Peace Agreement with Israel
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Khaled Hassan - A well-connected Egyptian source has confirmed that Cairo is actively pursuing a de facto revised peace agreement with Israel. Egypt views Israel's military "occupation" of the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border during the Gaza war as an illegitimate expansion of Israel's borders and a unilateral rupture of the 1979 Camp David Accords. Cairo perceives the indefinite Israeli military presence in the Philadelphi Corridor, a buffer zone along its border, as a blatant violation of the borders as defined in Article II. Based on my source, Cairo is now shaping a new, de facto framework for relations, built on the following non-negotiable conditions: Egypt will not dismantle its increased military build-up in Sinai, which it sees as a necessary deterrent to prevent the displacement of Gazans into Egyptian territory. Cairo will demand Jerusalem accept this new security reality as a consequence of its own unilateral action in border areas. A return to summit-level diplomacy, such as the Sisi-Netanyahu 2017 meeting, is now explicitly conditioned on a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a credible commitment to Palestinian self-determination. Security coordination and trade, like the gas deal, will continue but Cairo insists these cannot be used by Israel as levers to extract geopolitical concessions. Cairo has made its demands in Gaza a central, inescapable concern for Washington. It is evidenced by Egypt's calculated diplomatic defiance, including President Sisi's refusal to visit the White House, making him the only leader of a major Arab country yet to visit the U.S. The writer is an Egyptian-British national security and foreign policy expert.