Sure glad that Carter facilitated the transfer of the Sinai Peninsula in exchange for normalization between Israel and Egypt:

Egypt has worked to thwart Israel diplomatically in various international forums for years, so Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit's recent threat to turn up the diplomatic heat on Israel is nothing new, Israeli officials said Tuesday. Egypt's foreign minister warned in a television interview earlier this week that Cairo would "retaliate" diplomatically against Israel if its complaints against Egyptian inaction on arms smuggling into Gaza hurt US-Egyptian ties. "If they [Israelis] continue to push and affect US-Egyptian relations and harm Egyptian interests, Egypt will certainly retaliate and will harm their interests," Gheit said. "We have claws capable of retaliating in all directions and through diplomacy." He did not elaborate.

That's how international assurances work in the Middle East - Israel gives away something tangible in exchange for empty promises, those promises are never fulfilled, and then Israel is attacked for pointing out that the other side is in violation of signed agreements. This is how it always happens. Egypt itself has been in explicit violation of its treaty obligations for years.

But at least Cairo isn't normalizing ties with the genocidal regime in Tehran while sitting on three decades of cutting edge US weaponry, effectively putting them a disgruntled general away from being the most dangerous country in the Middle East. Fuck.

References:
* 'Egypt working against us for years' [JPost]
* Egypt Uncovers A Single Smuggling Tunnel, Basically Calls It A Day (Plus: Egypt In Explicit Violation Of Security Agreements?) [MR]
* It Is Mind-Boggling That Arab and Muslim Countries Won't Sign Treaties With Israel [MR]
* Egypt, Iran moving towards normalization [JPost]

Previously:
* Turns Out, Egypt Not Pro Israeli Security
* Egypt Violates The Camp David Accords. Again.
* It's Official: Egypt Embracing Hamas Through Contacts, Prisoner Releases

Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit