Egypt 2007-2016 (merged thread)

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WaPo reports on the all too-often secret relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia. It starts with:

The announcement that Egypt transferred two small Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabian sovereignty ..in Israel it quietly shed light on the Jewish state’s secret and selective dealings with Saudi Arabia.

Citing Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon:

We reached an agreement between the four parties – the Saudis, the Egyptians, Israel and the United States – to transfer the responsibility for the islands on the condition the Saudis fill in the Egyptian shoes in the military appendix of the peace agreement,

Link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-saudi-arabia/