Egypt Institute Journal (Vol. 4 – Issue 14) / studies
Sinai in Egyptian and Israeli Strategic Thought
April 2019
April 2019

Summary
The Sinai Peninsula has special significance to the Egyptian national security, given its strategic location as Egypt’s eastern gate. Sinai has great economic significance, as it contains many riches; religious importance to the three religions, in addition to the peninsula’s tourism importance that has strongly emerged in the last thirty years. The study addresses the Egyptian and Israeli strategic visions with respect to the Sinai Peninsula.