I wonder how much longer Israel can depend on the uncritical support of a declining and overstretched imperial power such as the US?

There's nothing wrong in the Egyptians repudiating or re-negotiating what they consider an 'unequal treaty' that was signed by a dictatorial former regime.

I doubt if the 'people power' movement in Egypt( or elsewhere in the ME) will result in a liberal democratic government, however, it will probably reflect the majority opinion of Egyptians, which of course,is bad news for Israel.

Unfortunately, more pressure on Israel will probably result in more oppression of the Palestinians.

Talking as he does, of political grandstanding,David Singer needs to be pulled up hard in his threat in the following reference of his:

"Egypt's execution of the Treaty regained every square kilometer of land lost by Egypt in the 1967 Six Day War including airfields and oil fields in the Sinai. Any breach of the Treaty would put these important strategic and economic assets at risk of being lost by Egypt forever."

Tel Aviv failed miserably...just before Mubarak was toppled...by instructing its ambassadors to influence their host nations in favour of supporting Mubarak. It was a base appeal that was rightly swept aside by the full weight of world opinion.

Times, David, are a changing.Bullies in the Middle East are no longer unassailable...whether in Cairo, Tel Aviv, or even Washington. Obviously the treaty will be revised, as it should be, regardless of any Israeli threats, which would also be rejected by Obama..

David

You really think Egypt wiil be alone if Israel decides to try to steal Sinai?

Have you forgotten what happened in southern Lebanon when you blokes were thrashed by a bunch of militants when you tried to steal the southern half of Lebanon a couple of years ago?

You know if the general trend across the Arab world towards democracy continues it will leave you blokes in Isreal as the only dictatorship in the region.

Watch how the west will react to your aggressive military backed landstealing antics then.

Mate this article shows you are fighting yesterdays battles.

The world has moved on and the Arab world is doing the same.

Israels challenge is to do the same. It's time to dump the old propaganda regime and embrace peace and democracy.

You blokes ain't going to be able to steal the Arab lands to create Greater Israel anytime soon.

You've lost.

The best thing the Egyptians can do is to rid themselves of the USA/Zionist imperialists.Then 40% of their pop would not be on $2.00 per day.

Aid should be given to Egypt via food and education.Not money to bribe a Govt/military to subjugate their own population.Israel and the USA should mind their own business.

When Israel and America are eventually forced out of the region, there will be no flashpoint at all.

That is the solution. Get rid of the foreign invaders. They should never have been allowed to get a foothold in what is mainly a Muslim part of the world in the first place.

Put Israel in the U.S. They will all live happily ever after as long as they are kept inside their own borders!

"Put Israel in the U.S. They will all live happily ever after as long as they are kept inside their own borders!"

Oh, I wish it was that simple, David. Do you really believe that Muslims will be content at that? they are now in the process of conquering Europe and already laid claims to Northern Australia. Even China fears them - why possibly would they stop at Israel, or at any other place when Muhammad ordered them to conquer the world?

While it is true that Israel and the U.S. have some serious behavioural problems, you should thank them for standing at the frontier so that you, here in Australia, are not currently threatened by the prospect of living under Shariah law.

Your response show no compassion for the people who actually live in Israel and do the dirty work for you of holding Islam at bay, especially those who hold no specific ideology but are simply caught in the circumstance of having been born there, now that you suggest to uproot them from their homes and communities and chuck them somewhere far away as America, or the moon for that matter.