So much for that pledge to work together. From the World Tribune, with thanks to Kemaste:
TEL AVIV – Israel has appealed to its nationals to leave Egypt immediately and authorities increased the alert level in the Jewish state amid intelligence that strikes were being planned following the bombing of two vacation sites packed with Israelis.Officials said the alert has been compounded by the refusal of Egyptian authorities to cooperate in the search and rescue effort in Taba.
Officials said that for nearly nine hours, Egyptian authorities prevented Israeli medical and rescue teams from crossing the border in Sinai, Middle East Newsline reported. They said that even after permission was granted by the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian police continued to block the entry of Israeli heavy equipment and crews to search for those trapped in the rubble of the Taba hotel.
"There are efforts to evacuate the Israeli injured," Brig. Gen. Ruth Yaron, the Israeli military's spokeswoman, said on Friday. "We will need Egypt's permission for a helicopter to get a full picture of the situation. Unfortunately, the Egyptians haven't granted this permission. We are having difficulties in getting a range of approvals."
The massive nearly-simultaneous attacks on Israeli targets in Egypt have been attributed to Al Qaida.
At times like these you wonder why the Americans didnt support the British when they wanted to recapture the suez channel for keeps. Which would mean Sinai would today be in hands friendly to Israel, or at least civilized and humanistic.
More evidence that Allah the merciful is a lie. From beginning to end.
More insight into Egyptian behavior.
Egyptians involved in rescue effort of Israeli wounded and transport of the dead, reportedly stole valuables off the dead and wounded.
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=22376
Not that this is any excuse for the bombers (quite the contrary), but why would any Jews -- Israeli, American or otherwise -- vacation in Muslim countries known to harbour terrorists?
It's the equivalent of booking a vacation in Germany in 1938/9.
We are reminded once again how the Camp David Accords were nothing but a fraudulent hoax.
Think about it. If the Camp David Accords had been a real accomplishment instead of what they actually were i.e., yet another giant step in the inexorable process of gutless boot-licking capitulation on the part of the western powers, does anyone honestly think that a buffoon like Jimmy Carter could have pulled it off?