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October 19, 2020

Why America Shouldn’t Leave the Sinai

Don’t take peace for granted.

Recently, the pentagon has floated the idea of withdrawing U.S. troops from the multinational peacekeeping force in the Sinai (known as the MFO), established in 1979 to reduce the likelihood of renewed hostilities between Egypt and Israel. Given the longstanding good relations between Cairo and Jerusalem—disrupted only when the Muslim Brotherhood ruled the country in 2012 and 2013—as well as the improving relations between Israel and other Arab states, this seems on its face like a reasonable move. Bradley Bowman and Amoreena York argue otherwise:

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