Egypt-Israel peace at a crossroads

For more than four decades, Egypt and Israel have sustained a cold peace under the historic 1979 Camp David Accords. Those agreements ended decades of war, secured Israel’s southern border and restored Egypt’s sovereignty over Sinai under limited military arrangements. Over the years, this peace has withstood many regional upheavals. Today, however, it faces a fresh test as suspicion and public accusations surge between Cairo and Tel Aviv. With the region consumed by bloody conflicts and the Gaza war nearing the end of its second year, a war of words has erupted between Egypt and Israel.