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Egypt on Way to Becoming Hotbed of Terrorism, but Israel's Hands Are Tied

(Ha'aretz) - Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff - The terrorist attack on Monday morning near Be'er Milka and the firing of Grad rockets toward Ovda and Mitzpeh Ramon over the weekend, alongside numerous reports in Egyptian media of increased activity among Palestinian terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula over the two-day voting period, make it clear that certain sources in Egypt have a clear interest in heating up the Israeli border. Regardless of who wins Egypt's run-off presidential elections - Mohammed Morsi or Ahmed Shafiq - it is clear that Israel can expect to see further incidents of this sort. The chaos in Sinai is not expected to disappear any time soon. One of the central problems that Israel will be forced to deal with in future events or attacks, is the lack of address: the identities of the terrorists who carried out Monday morning's attack, along with the launchers of the Grad rockets over the weekend, are unclear. Israel's hands are tied, and therefore its great effort to complete the fence on the Egyptian border is understandable.
2012-06-19 00:00:00
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