Relations with Israel are managed by the defense minister, now Lieutenant General Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, and the military security establishment, whose leaders are determined to maintain a peaceful relationship with Israel and to secure Egyptian sovereignty in the Sinai. For them, the lawless Bedouin, the Sinai jihadis, and Hamas and other groups in Gaza threaten Egypt’s national security.
但埃及陷入分裂的政府没有相应地采取一贯政策。对以关系的主管者是国防部长（现为赛斯（Abdul Fattah al-Sisi）中将）和军事安全部门（其领导人决定保持与以色列的和平关系并确保埃及对西奈半岛的主权）。对他们来说，无法无天的贝多因人、西奈圣战者和哈马斯以及其他加沙集团威胁着埃及的国家安全。但他们将这一观点转变为政策的意愿和能力均有限。