Shlomi Eldar : Israele ,Hamas Egitto stanno indirettamente collaborando contro l'ISIS
While
Egypt and Hamas coordinate efforts against the Islamic State in the
Sinai Peninsula, Israel is providing intelligence to Egypt to boost
these efforts.
al-monitor.com
Sintesi personale
Un palestinese di Rafah, Mustafa Kalab
, ha condotto un attacco suicida contro Hamas il 17
agosto, uccidendo un ufficiale dell'ala
militare di Hamas e ferendone altri cinque.
La luna di miele tra l'Egitto e Hamas è iniziata un anno fa, a seguito
della pressione economica posta dall' Egitto su Gaza , per
esempio, distruggendo i tunnel di contrabbando ,intimando ad Hamas
di agire contro i gruppi salafi . Oggi l'Egitto considera Hamas un alleato nella lotta contro l'IS e una componente aggiuntiva del suo accordo sulla sicurezza con Israele.
Dopo la sconfitta della Fratellanza Musulmana nel 2013. Israele consente alle forze militari egiziane di entrare nella penisola del Sinai per combattere il terrorismo come ha confermato Moshe Ya'alon nel luglio 2013: "Qualsiasi forza egiziana che entra nel Sinai vi entra con la nostra approvazione ".
L'importanza di tale
cooperazione sta aumentando di giorno in quanto le minacce del Sinai sono sempre più pericolose, da qui scaturisce la collaborazione tra l'Egitto e Hamas.
In giugno si sono riuniti al Cairo funzionari dell'intelligence egiziana con una
delegazione di Hamas guidata da Yahya Sinwar che ha incontrato anche Mohammad Dahlan In base all'accordo raggiunto Hamas riceverà aiuti economici dall'Egitto come la fornitura di gasolio per la
centrale elettrica di Gaza ,materiale per la ricostruzione e l'apertura del valico di Rafah . In cambio, Hamas si è impegnato a cooperare contro le organizzazioni terroristiche islamiche del Sinai ,controllando i confini per prevenire l'infiltrazione e il contrabbando di
armi.
Nella stessa riunione del Cairo i membri hanno anche
accettato di creare una sede comune di lntelligence per cooperare in tempo reale.
Sinwar ha promesso nei suoi incontri con Dahlan di arrestare uomini di Gaza in base a elenchi
forniti dagli egiziani.
Si può supporre che alcuni dei nomi presenti nell'elenco, associati a
gruppi di Salafi a Gaza, provengano da Israele che sa che le
informazioni saranno trasmesse a Hamas.
Pertanto, c'è una cooperazione apparentemente indiretta di intelligence
tra Israele, Egitto e Hamas nella guerra contro il nemico comune : l'Isis Dopo l'attacco al confine con la frontiera di Rafah, sembra che Hamas possa ora accogliere una cooperazione indiretta con il " nemico sionista ".
How times have changed. Al-Monitor has
learned that in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Sinai and
Salafi groups in Gaza, there has been indirect cooperation as of
late between Egypt, Hamas and Israel. Who would have thought?
A Palestinian from Rafah, Mustafa Kalab,
conducted a suicide attack against Hamas operatives Aug. 17, killing an
officer in the elite Nuhbah unit of Hamas' military wing and
wounding five others. Thus, a group that embraced suicide attacks at the
start of the 1990s has discovered to its surprise that the “weapon”
that elevated it in the eyes of Palestinians in opposing the 1993 Oslo
Accord, and even more so, during the height of the second intifada
(2000-2005), has now been turned against it.The honeymoon between Egypt and Hamas began a year ago, following the economic pressure Egypt had put on Gaza — for example, by destroying the smuggling tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border and Cairo’s ultimatum that Hamas’ security apparatus act against Salafi groups or risk having to deal with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. Hamas, forced to choose between life and death, agreed to Egypt’s demand. For entirely practical reasons, today Egypt sees Hamas, yesterday’s enemy, as an ally in the fight against IS and as an additional and crucial component of its security arrangement, along with security cooperation with Israel.
Israel and Egypt have efficiently cooperated on security issues since the Muslim Brotherhood's ouster in 2013. It is reflected, among other things, in Israel consenting to Egyptian military forces entering the Sinai Peninsula, which is restricted by the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. There is a blackout regarding Israeli-Egyptian security cooperation from both sides in order, it appears, to avoid embarrassing Sisi, although former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon had confirmed in July 2013, “Any Egyptian force that enters Sinai, enters with our approval. … They truly direct these forces to fighting terrorism.”
On Aug. 8 it was reported that in a special briefing in the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Subcommittee, an unidentified participant said that the sound continuation of the security relationship with Egypt is more important to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than the return of personnel to Israel's Cairo Embassy, which has been deserted since December 2016. The importance of such cooperation is increasing by the day, as threats from Sinai grow more acute. This is where cooperation between Egypt and Hamas comes into the picture.
In June, senior Egyptian intelligence officials and a Hamas delegation led by Yahya Sinwar, the movement's leader in Gaza, and senior Hamas figure Halil al-Hiyah, held marathon talks in Cairo. While there, Sinwar also met with former senior Fatah figure Mohammad Dahlan and reached an agreement under which Hamas receives economic aid from Egypt, including deliveries of diesel fuel to operate Gaza's power station and supplies of building materials, and Egypt also opens the Rafah border crossing. In exchange, Hamas committed to meaningful security cooperation against Islamic terrorist organizations in Sinai and improving security at the Rafah crossing and along the border between Gaza and Egypt to prevent infiltration and arms smuggling.
The situation is clear to both sides: To the extent that Hamas proves that it is indeed acting against the groups threatening Egypt’s security, Gaza will enjoy the “fruits of its war against terror.” At the same Cairo meeting, the sides also agreed to establish a joint headquarters for Egyptian intelligence and Hamas’ security apparatus to cooperate in real time.
Meanwhile, Sinwar committed in his meetings with Dahlan to arrest wanted men living in Gaza based on lists supplied by the Egyptians. It can be assumed that some of the names on the list, associated with Salafi groups in Gaza, originate in Israel, which knows that the information will be passed on to Hamas. Thus, there is apparently indirect intelligence cooperation between Israel, Egypt and Hamas in the war against the common enemy — IS. Given the attack at the Rafah border crossing, it seems Hamas might now welcome indirect cooperation with the “Zionist enemy.”
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