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Sinai Peninsula: Sisi’s Offensive Continues Despite Promises

by mosesman

  • Sinai Peninsula: Sisi’s Offensive Continues Despite Promises
    by , 25 Mar 2018, https://www.aljazeera.com/
    Experts say security-first approach in Egypt’s Sinai marks new ‘low’ in state’s relationship with region and its people.
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    Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has long been one of the most under-developed areas of the North African country, despite renewed pledges by successive governments to transform the volatile desert region into a promising tourism and agricultural hub.
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    The country’s longest-serving presidents have never been interested in investing resources to develop the area, experts say, including Egypt’s current President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
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    “Every Egyptian regime since declaring the Egyptian republic in 1952 had the ability to transform Sinai into a multibillion-dollar agricultural, mining, industrial, naval and tourist hub,” Sinai researcher and writer Mohannad Sabry told Al Jazeera.
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    As Egypt approaches its presidential election on Monday, Egyptians are expected to elect Sisi for a second term, but likely not for his renewed pledges on development, nor for his promises to overcome “terror” attacks in the country.
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    Dubbed a “sham”, the election is widely expected to see Sisi outwin his only opponent, 66-year-old Moussa Mustafa Moussa, chairman of the liberal El-Ghad Party, and a Sisi loyalist who has previously heavily endorsed the president.
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    Empty pledges
    Following a campaign to silence opposition, Sisi has marketed himself as the only choice for the Egyptian people, including the 1.4 million residents of the Sinai Peninsula who are witnessing his government’s “brute force” strategy to combat armed groups in the region.
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    Egypt has for years been battling an armed movement in the peninsula, which has gained pace since the military overthrew democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013.
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    During his 2014 election campaign, Sisi vowed to implement a project that would “fully develop” the peninsula within less than two years of his election.
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https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1141211/us-officials-netanyahu-suggested-plan-establish-palestinian-state-sinai
The Zionist plan is to forcefully expel all Palestinians from West Bank and Gaza into the Sinai desert. Click on image for article.
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=32900
The Zionist plan is to forcefully expel all Palestinians from West Bank and Gaza into the Sinai desert. Click on image for article.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180213-sinai-is-being-cleared-for-the-deal-of-the-century/
The Zionist plan is to forcefully expel all Palestinians from West Bank and Gaza into the Sinai desert. Click on image for article.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180208-ex-egypt-envoy-evacuation-of-sinai-serves-deal-of-the-century/
The Zionist plan is to forcefully expel all Palestinians from West Bank and Gaza into the Sinai desert. Click on image for article.
http://m.gulfnews.com/amp/opinion/thinkers/are-trump-and-netanyahu-cooking-up-a-new-palestine-1.2161070
The Zionist plan is to forcefully expel all Palestinians from West Bank and Gaza into the Sinai desert. Click on image for article.

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