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In spite of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, Egypt is still preparing for a possible military confrontation with Israel.
"Despite the temporary improvement in the geo-political conditions in our region, there are certain processes working against us and therefore I am not optimistic," Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuval Steinitz (Likud) said at a committee meeting Monday. "Egypt is the only country in the region that is preparing for the possibility of a military confrontation with Israel," he added later.
Steinitz cited the ability of countries like Syria and Egypt to deploy long-range missiles that could reach any point in Israel, and said he believed the ability of those countries to strike at the heart of the country could complicate the call-up of Israel Defense Forces reservists.
"Their ability to strike at air bases at the start of a confrontation concerns me, and therefore we must develop tactical missiles," he said. "It is a cardinal mistake not to have done so earlier."
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