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Israel warns against trimming peacekeepers in Egyptian Sinai

Israel issued an unusually blunt warning on Wednesday against proposals to restructure the US-led peacekeeping force in the insurgency-wracked Egyptian Sinai next door, saying any drawdown of the foreign troops would "reward terrorism".

 

Installed to monitor the demilitarization of the Sinai under the 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace accord, the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) and some of its 12 contributor countries have been quietly mulling reviews of the deployment and mandate.

 

They worry for the safety of the almost 1,900 peacekeepers after six were wounded in September by a roadside bomb, and argue dismantling more remote and vulnerable posts would not significantly set back the mission.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.18.15, 18:07