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It's not just hindsight!
Reader comment on item: Rethinking the Egypt-Israel "Peace" Treaty
Submitted by David S (United States), Nov 21, 2006 at 22:13
It is not just "with the benefit of retrospect" that the treaty was harmful. It was an obvious mistake at the time: Israel - once again - got nothing but words in return for significant concessions, e.g. the Sinai. It was another example of appeasement, and Begin should not have caved to Carter's bullying. Such mistakes are bad enough, but refusing to learn from them (e.g. Gaza) is literally suicidal.
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| On the other hand [54 words] | Anon | Nov 22, 2017 18:09 | 241380 | ||
| 2 | for peace with this undeserving country, Israel returned the Sinai and its oil and its potenital? [107 words] | James from Canada | Jun 8, 2010 07:19 | 174035 | |
| 1 |  Amen [49 words] | Godfrey deBouillon | Jan 1, 2011 11:33 | 174035 | |
| 1 | islamic hate continues, this time attacking love. [50 words] | Phil Greend | Jun 6, 2010 22:55 | 173972 | |
| 3 | Sick and Tired of this nonsense [159 words] | Mahmoud | Jan 26, 2009 09:12 | 149093 | |
| Egypt! [89 words] | steven L | May 8, 2008 13:25 | 128118 | ||
| If the Egyptians Are Not Idiots. [103 words] | Seamus MacNemi | Jun 12, 2007 13:45 | 97817 | ||
| Egypt has everything to Lose in War.. [244 words] | EddieT. | May 8, 2008 08:37 | 97817 | ||
| A War is unlikely [75 words] | A.G | May 18, 2007 09:42 | 93473 | ||
| 2 | Egyptian Christians [329 words] | Sameh | Feb 21, 2007 08:42 | 78162 | |
| 1 | To the christian Person [244 words] | Bassem Kabesh | Mar 10, 2007 11:25 | 78162 | |
| 1 | 7aram 3alik [123 words] | mina | Jan 24, 2010 06:08 | 78162 | |
| nonsense [78 words] | hossam | Jan 24, 2010 06:21 | 78162 | ||
| 1 | How about the pagans of Mecca our dear Hossam? [725 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 24, 2010 14:31 | 78162 | |
| 1 | Dhimmi no more... [59 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 25, 2010 12:17 | 78162 | |
| Thank you ynnatchkah [77 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 26, 2010 06:58 | 78162 | ||
| And to the Muslim person Baseem the victim of Arabian imperialism [602 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 26, 2010 17:12 | 78162 | ||
| Our dear Mina and the Copts and how about the recent massacre at Nag Hammadi? [192 words] | dhimmi no more | Jan 26, 2010 17:17 | 78162 | ||
| christianity in egypt [125 words] | abdo | Feb 15, 2012 11:35 | 78162 | ||
| Chirstians in Egypt [59 words] | Ripp | Sep 16, 2013 18:41 | 78162 | ||
| Leave Israel alone, and Israel will leave everyone else alone [192 words] | Joe | Dec 5, 2006 22:46 | 68441 | ||
| A Token of my Consent [24 words] | Meyshe | Nov 12, 2007 00:42 | 68441 | ||
| Could Be [236 words] | Blackspeare | Dec 1, 2006 14:15 | 67962 | ||
| 1 | Israel will be pushed only so far [163 words] | Seamus MacNemi | May 8, 2008 19:10 | 67962 | |
| Why are jews so scared of egpyt [133 words] | markM | Nov 30, 2006 04:55 | 67828 | ||
| Failing American Policy!! [77 words] | Observer 1979 | Dec 10, 2006 20:19 | 67828 | ||
| Think again [146 words] | Maccabee | Nov 24, 2006 15:25 | 67196 | ||
| Israel should have bombed arab countries with atomic bombs during the 1973 war [20 words] | Muhammad | Jan 4, 2007 15:55 | 67196 | ||
| WHAT?!! [64 words] | Meyshe | Nov 12, 2007 00:37 | 67196 | ||
| what are they getting out of any agreement for peace? [81 words] | CanadianChris | Nov 24, 2006 11:49 | 67177 | ||
| The amateurs of the art of withdrawal and voyeurs when it comes to real espionage [173 words] | Harrak | Nov 28, 2006 23:26 | 67177 | ||
| Sorry Harrak, you have the roles reversed. [283 words] | CanadianChris | Dec 3, 2006 15:40 | 67177 | ||
| That was interesting, thanks [14 words] | Harrak | Dec 3, 2006 22:05 | 67177 | ||
| 2 | What is the western interest? [65 words] | Octavio | Nov 24, 2006 09:15 | 67152 | |
| Dear octavio [99 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Nov 25, 2006 14:35 | 67152 | ||
| You have got me [7 words] | Octavio | Nov 27, 2006 19:04 | 67152 | ||
| 1 | As per the Islam , Either you are a Muslim or a Kaffir ............ [269 words] | Bene | Dec 6, 2006 23:23 | 67152 | |
| bene understands Islam [24 words] | Infidel | Dec 8, 2006 16:28 | 67152 | ||
| 1 | My reply [51 words] | meyshe | Nov 12, 2007 00:50 | 67152 | |
| Thank You [65 words] | Hassan Elbadawi | Jun 27, 2008 19:43 | 67152 | ||
| I agree [13 words] | TATA | Sep 27, 2008 13:44 | 67152 | ||
| To simple! [266 words] | Smith | Feb 13, 2011 07:46 | 67152 | ||
| Agreements with Arabs [433 words] | mariana | Nov 23, 2006 10:18 | 67075 | ||
| Agreements with Very Wealthy Anglo Lawyers from Texas [363 words] | Jeff Burke | Dec 8, 2006 10:07 | 67075 | ||
| wishful thinking and reality [66 words] | Inga Natan | Nov 23, 2006 03:34 | 67046 | ||
| Yet more hypocrisy [555 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | a Filipino liberal | Nov 23, 2006 02:36 | 67039 | ||
| Yes, but what kind of victory? [7 words] | a Filipino liberal | Nov 25, 2006 02:29 | 67039 | ||
| Liberal or just blind? [142 words] | ant | Dec 2, 2006 11:05 | 67039 | ||
| Conservative, or just racist? Wait, they're the same. [318 words] | a Filipino liberal | Dec 18, 2006 23:49 | 67039 | ||
| Just asking, not claiming [255 words] | ant | Dec 30, 2006 09:06 | 67039 | ||
| The Middle Ages [371 words] | John R | Nov 22, 2006 18:15 | 67012 | ||
| Stop attacking islam [81 words] | Hassan Elbadawi | Jun 27, 2008 20:43 | 67012 | ||
| Another betrayal... [331 words] | J.S. | Nov 22, 2006 17:38 | 67009 | ||
| Not to mention the $50 billion cost to US [94 words] | Charles Gruenspan | Nov 22, 2006 16:57 | 67002 | ||
| Israel-Egyptian Peace Treaty [181 words] | Maurice Picow | Nov 22, 2006 15:03 | 66983 | ||
| Peace between Syria and Israel [77 words] | Omar Mahmoud | Nov 22, 2006 11:49 | 66971 | ||
| Sworn Enemies [156 words] | Blackspeare | Nov 22, 2006 10:08 | 66963 | ||
| a larger Israel [123 words] | Jonathan Usher | Nov 22, 2006 10:00 | 66962 | ||
| Too Late [111 words] | Blackspeare | Nov 22, 2006 18:51 | 66962 | ||
| Don't expect them to just give the West bank to you. [32 words] | a Filipino liberal | Nov 23, 2006 02:38 | 66962 | ||
| Reply to Blackspeare [10 words] | Jonathan Usher | Nov 23, 2006 21:10 | 66962 | ||
| a larger mouth [89 words] | Harrak | Nov 26, 2006 12:26 | 66962 | ||
| Opportunity [91 words] | Blackspeare | Nov 26, 2006 15:15 | 66962 | ||
| Yes my Filipino friend, only the opinions of Jews count [26 words] | Jeff Burke | Dec 10, 2006 12:53 | 66962 | ||
| Your arrogance is amusing. [319 words] | a Filipino liberal | Dec 19, 2006 05:50 | 66962 | ||
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| follow up on how Daniel Pipes words are twisted from their original context [109 words] | Harrak | Dec 2, 2006 00:03 | 66959 | ||
| The general vision of Dr Pipes about peace with Egypt is true [202 words] | Harrak | Nov 22, 2006 09:22 | 66958 | ||
| The cartoons can in no way be called anti-semitic [201 words] | Harrak | Nov 22, 2006 09:02 | 66954 | ||
| I AGREE WITH YOU HARRAK [17 words] | ISHTAR | Nov 28, 2006 10:14 | 66954 | ||
| Dr Daniel Pipes defect [67 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Abrahamovic | Nov 30, 2006 13:48 | 66954 | ||
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| Peace treaties between Muslims and Non-muslims [163 words] | Faqi | Nov 22, 2006 02:11 | 66933 | ||
| Egypt and the treaty [338 words] | Jay | Nov 22, 2006 00:06 | 66924 | ||
| Rethinking the Egypt-Israel "Peace" Treaty -- [94 words] | Shera Samson | Nov 21, 2006 23:11 | 66915 | ||
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 It's not just hindsight! [70 words] | David S | Nov 21, 2006 22:13 | 66910 | ||
| Sadat's Strategy [405 words] | Prof. Paul Eidelberg | Nov 21, 2006 20:05 | 66896 | ||
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| Mubarak is the problem [133 words] | Roger McKinney | Nov 21, 2006 18:01 | 66884 | ||
| 1 | 20/20 hindsight [121 words] | Stan | Nov 21, 2006 17:44 | 66882 | |
| Treaty only for 10 years? [42 words] | Romesh Chander | Nov 21, 2006 17:43 | 66881 | ||
| Treaties are respected for only up to 10 years by Islamists [50 words] | Paul Dowling | Dec 1, 2015 09:22 | 66881 | ||
| Egypt and the middle east [73 words] | Ernie Lofthouse | Nov 21, 2006 17:43 | 66880 | ||
| Better late than.............! [284 words] | richard | Nov 21, 2006 17:23 | 66877 | ||
| Are we only counting the disadvantages?? [193 words] | An Egyptian feeling disappointed | Nov 21, 2006 17:07 | 66872 | ||
| Re: Do not Steal & Love from the Egyptians [163 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Jeff Burke | Nov 23, 2006 05:02 | 66872 | ||
| Cold Peace [171 words] | David Goshen | Nov 21, 2006 15:48 | 66862 | ||
| AT LAST THE FAILURE OT THE CAMP DAVID TREATY IS EXPOSED THANKS TO DAN PIPES [187 words] | RUTH KING | Nov 21, 2006 15:42 | 66859 | ||
| It seemed like a good idea at the time [185 words] | Kenneth S. Besig | Nov 21, 2006 15:24 | 66854 | ||
| The Sinai Issue. [179 words] | Geni | Nov 21, 2006 14:50 | 66852 | ||
| peace, politics and profit [165 words] | trans-parere | Nov 21, 2006 14:41 | 66851 | ||
| The legacy of Mr. Peanut [190 words] | Jeff Burke | Nov 21, 2006 14:31 | 66850 | ||
| Brave Article [316 words] | Alex | Nov 21, 2006 14:13 | 66846 | ||
| How can anyone be surprised about it [30 words] | Dan | Nov 21, 2006 14:01 | 66844 | ||
| 1 | Giving away "The Land of God" permanently given to the Israelis for Dubious Peace Treaties. [749 words] | David Harvey | Nov 21, 2006 13:57 | 66843 | |
| The hope [32 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Nov 21, 2006 13:53 | 66842 | ||
| The Problem with Egypt [167 words] | Gunther Schiff | Nov 21, 2006 13:47 | 66840 | ||
| The Lesson of Jimmy Carter [16 words] | LDC | Nov 21, 2006 13:44 | 66839 | ||
| forget not [121 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Nov 21, 2006 13:42 | 66838 | ||
| Culture [110 words] | David W. Lincoln | Nov 21, 2006 13:24 | 66836 | ||
| Thank you for bringing this to everyone's attention!! [33 words] | Esther | Nov 21, 2006 12:56 | 66834 | ||
| I pose the question [83 words] | Andrew B. | Nov 21, 2006 12:52 | 66833 | ||
| to create a balance [139 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | Nov 21, 2006 16:50 | 66833 | ||
| 33 years of agreement is nothing to sneeze at [905 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Monty Sagi | Nov 21, 2006 12:22 | 66828 | ||
| Monty Sagi's reasoning is sagging [305 words] | Jeff Burke | Nov 22, 2006 12:27 | 66828 | ||
| The fallacy of land for peace [192 words] | Pat | Nov 21, 2006 12:12 | 66825 | ||
| Iran and Egypt Peace [46 words] | David Merin | Nov 21, 2006 16:25 | 66825 | ||
| One timeline of events [309 words] | Pat | Nov 21, 2006 18:29 | 66825 | ||
| However.... [109 words] | Elliot | Nov 21, 2006 12:07 | 66824 | ||
| Rethinking the Egypt-Israel "Peace" Treaty [147 words] | Steven L | Nov 21, 2006 12:06 | 66823 | ||
| yes israel is the enemy [40 words] | syed mohammad ali | Nov 21, 2006 11:27 | 66818 | ||
| Syed mohammad ali and more Muslim fairy tales [149 words] | Infidel | Nov 22, 2006 16:18 | 66818 | ||
| What Muslim fairy tales? [250 words] | a Filipino liberal | Nov 23, 2006 02:56 | 66818 | ||
| Dwell securely in the land- to Syed Mohammad Ali, [173 words] | Jan | Nov 23, 2006 13:17 | 66818 | ||
| Filipino liberal corrects history [264 words] | Infidel | Nov 24, 2006 14:13 | 66818 | ||
| No, I'm only correcting people's distorted views of history. [767 words] | a Filipino liberal | Nov 25, 2006 03:10 | 66818 | ||
| peace with Egypt [119 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Joel Sussman | Nov 21, 2006 11:00 | 66817 | ||
| Peace treaty with Egypt [153 words] | Reuven Rashkovsky | Nov 21, 2006 10:24 | 66814 | ||
| 1 | Why Egypt is organising arsenal of Modern Weapons : Stop supply of US weapons to Egypt now [117 words] | Rosi | Nov 21, 2006 10:07 | 66813 | |
| 60th weapons must be upgraded [100 words] | mohammed ali ibrahiem | Aug 6, 2008 14:48 | 66813 | ||
| Israel is more extremest than any of the countries in the Middle East. [317 words] | Ehab | May 16, 2009 23:00 | 66813 | ||
| We have the right to buy weps (Egy) [21 words] | Dalooda | Mar 8, 2011 14:50 | 66813 | ||
| Carter & the Treaty [104 words] | Ted Gruen | Nov 21, 2006 09:38 | 66810 | ||
| Nuke 'em if you got 'em! [79 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Stephen Burns | Nov 22, 2006 01:17 | 66810 | ||
| There is nothing wrong in Nuking Mecca / Medina / Tehraan / Damascus [241 words] | Gulzar | Dec 1, 2006 05:04 | 66810 | ||
| Jimmy Carter - e: 1980 Olympics and the Saudi golden envelope [285 words] | Jeff Burke | Dec 10, 2006 13:13 | 66810 | ||
| MAD [187 words] | Pasquale | Dec 4, 2009 16:23 | 66810 |
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