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Israel never expected the Bar-Lev Line to stop Egypt by itself. Its real plan, code-named Dovecote, was to let Egyptian infantry cross the Suez Canal and then crush them with tanks. Egypt studied that plan and broke it within 48 hours.
Rubio released the $320 million Washington used to withhold from Egypt, crediting Cairo’s role in the Iran war. In the same weeks, Israeli media turned on a railway across Sinai. Both stories say the same thing: Egypt has made itself indispensable, and a developed Sinai is what Israel fears most.
Abbas Kamel’s secret 67-minute visit to Israel before October 7 was not betrayal. Egypt warned that Gaza would explode. Netanyahu had the warnings and let the explosion come, and Egypt is paying the price.
