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The article offers information on two issues regarding the Israeli-Egyptian relation. It mentions the laying out of a peace treaty between the Israeli and Egyptian negotiators at Blair House in Washington, D.C. to realize the Camp David accords. It states that the said treaty, which had been referred to both countries for study and approval, consisted of nine articles and a preamble. Another issue concerns the disengagement agreements between the two countries with the sovereignty of Sinai. It mentions that Egyptian planners are organizing schemes for the transformation of Sinai into a rich national asset.

The article focuses on the controversy surrounding the negotiations between Egypt and Israel over a second-stage troop disengagement in Sinai, Egypt in 1975. It believes that the talks between the two countries are closer to a make-or-break point because both of the countries are anxious to reach an accord. It mentions the near expiration of the mandate for the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping troops in Sinai. It states that the agreement will allow Israeli troops to remain in brigade strength on the Mitla and Giddi passes.

The article discusses several prospects of the election of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as the president of Egypt. It states that Sissi will have to maintain a close look on the Gaza Strip, as eradication of the jihadists in Sinai, Egypt, is of more importance to the national security of Egypt. It further discusses the importance of maintaining meaningful relationship for Egypt with U.S. for issues with Israeli and Ethiopian. International relation of Egypt with Israel and Ethiopia is also discussed.

The article discusses problems with violence and instability in the Sinai Peninsula as of September 2013. Topics include the impact of Egypt's political instability following the 2011 overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak; cross-border smuggling and terrorism incidents causing conflict between the Israeli armed forces and Palestinian groups such as Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip; and the activity of Islamists and jihadi groups in Egypt. Relations between Hamas and the group Fatah, which governs the West Bank as the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority (PA), are addressed.

The article presents a reprint of the article "Egypt's Unholy Claim to Sinai," by David Isaac that appeared in the March 2, 2011 issue of "Connecticut Jewish Ledger." It mentions the need for renegotiations between the Israeli and Egypt following the oust of President Husni Mubarak. It adds that the renegotiation should start where negotiations began, highlighting the claims of the two conflicting countries on the ownership of Sinai.

The article focuses on the visit of U.S. State Secretary Henry Kissinger in the Middle East to seek for a new peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. It says that Kissinger had met with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem and Egyptian leaders in Alexandria before he flew to Damascus, Syria to reassure Syrian President Hafez Assad that his demands were not ignored. It states that an agreement has been formed long before Kissenger left Washington D.C., which asks Israel to relinquish the Abu Redies oilfield and the Mitla and Giddi passes in Sinai. However, Yasser Araft of the Palestinian Liberation Organization warned that violent upheavals will occur in every level if the withdrawal of Israel in Sinai is not followed by withdrawals in Golan Heights and West Bank.

The article focuses on the negotiations for the second-stage disengagement of Israeli troops in Sinai, Egypt, which raises deadlock possibilities following Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's rejection on Egypt's proposal to the process. It states that the potential deadlock was suggested as the two nations have opposing views on where part of eastern rims will the Israeli troops will be kept. According to Cairo Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy, such rejection of Israel reflects their attitude to gain price from U.S. in exchange of their response to the peace process. Meanwhile, it mentions that Israel must respond to the disengagement before the United Nation (UN) General Assembly in September 1975 as the country will be suspended from Assembly debates if it will refuse to the process.

The article reports on the withdrawal of peacekeeping forces out of Sinai, Egypt. Because of the expiration of the United Nations' (UN) peacekeeping forces in Sinai in the last week of July 1975, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy announced that the country will not extend the stay of these soldiers, unless it reached a second-stage disengagement agreement with Israel. The Egyptian government hopes that the series of discussions with Sinai would produce positive results, resulting to the withdrawal of Israeli troops in Mitla, and Giddi passes. Meanwhile, Israelis stalled their withdrawal to keep the negotiations going until 1976.

The article reports on the visit of Israeli Ambassador to Washington Simcha Dinitz to Virgin Islands to meet Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. His visit was considered as the first political agreement of Israel with Egypt because the talk tackled the status of Israeli-Egyptian negotiations over further disengagement in Sinai. Washington believed that Dinitz carried the final Egyptian proposals for a second-stage Sinai deal. This article also claims that the visit is part of Sinai talks to control the increasing kidnappings and terrorist attacks in the routes between Israel and Sinai.

The article examines terrorist attacks on Egypt's armed forces in the Sinai Desert region of the country in August 2012 in which 16 soldiers were killed. The effects of the attacks on the government of President Muhammad Morsi and on Egypt's foreign relations with Israel are considered. The possibility both countries will be forced to cooperate with the Hamas movement government of the Gaza Strip in counterterrorism action is discussed.

The article analyzes the probability of Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas cooperating with Israel and Egypt for the stability of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. It is suggested that Hamas wishes to push Salafi-jihadi groups out of Sinai in order to secure its control of the Gaza Strip. Details about the political interests of Hamas, Egypt, and Israel are also included.

The article offers the author's insights on Sinai, Egypt as the new place for Islamic terror in 2011. He says that increasing violence in the northern part of the area started earlier in 2011 with an attack on public installations in El Arish town, located on the Mediterranean shores. He mentions that danger is being established against Israel in the area.

The article discusses consequences of an attack along Israel's border with Egypt that killed eight Israelis, six Egyptian border guards, and ten attackers. Against longstanding policy, Israel has agreed to let Egypt deploy thousands of troops in Sinai in a move aimed at improving security, which has deteriorated following the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak..