Israeli lawmaker from Netanyahu’s party incites against Egyptian army over Sinai drills

A Knesset member from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has issued inflammatory remarks against the Egyptian army over military drills in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Anadolu reports. “The exercises and live-fire drills that the Egyptian army announced it will conduct on our border, just 100 meters from communities near the frontier, are nothing but a display of a broader and more alarming picture,” Amit Halevi said in a recorded statement on Monday. He alleged that Egypt is “systematically” violating its decades-old peace treaty with Israel, claiming that Cairo is “building combat infrastructure in Sinai and constructing a large, modern army.” “The paper the agreement was signed on will not protect (Israel) from danger and will not protect residents,” he […]