The alternative to robust and stern action by Cairo is that Israel will deal with threats to its security from Sinai itself, which would immediately turn what's left of the 'cold peace' into a 'hot war'. Judging from today's strikes by the Egyptian army, the Islamist regime in Cairo has decided that Egyptian national security trumps sympathy for jihadist extremists. That is a sign of progress, of a sort.
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