Sinai is hardly alone.

The Sinai Powder Keg

(See also Tourism in Egypt)Most of the Sinai Peninsula is divided among two Egyptian governorates, or provinces Ganub Sina (South Sinai) and Shamal Sina (North Sinai).

A 2014 demonstration against mobile shutdowns in North Sinai.

Those who fear a jihadi takeover cite recent events in Sinai.

The tribe members in Sinai number between 3,000 to 5,000 people.

Shortly after his election, he travelled to Cyprus, Egypt, Sinai and Palestine.

Indeed, Sinai Bedouins have the right of use but not ownership of land, because a lethargic, occasionally corrupt bureaucracy still deems the Sinai a military zone and its natives loyalty questionable.

Indeed, Sinai Bedouins have the right of use but not ownership of land, because a lethargic, occasionally corrupt bureaucracy still deems the Sinai a military zone and its natives loyalty questionable. Two years ago, on the anniversary of the war of October 1973, young Sinai militants bombed the Taba Hilton.

In response, Egypt s military and security forces launched an offensive against Bedouin militants in Sinai, while Morsi forced the General Intelligence Service s director to retire and dismissed the governor of Northern Sinai.

Higher oil prices are here to stay, says the American economic forecaster Allen Sinai.

Another domestic war, with the Egyptian Bedouins of Sinai, broke out two years ago.

Musa (Moses) spent 40 days on Mount Sinai where he received the 10 commandments.

There are four principal actors in this arena Israel, Egypt, Hamas, and the Sinai jihadis.

Yet it allows radical Palestinians and jihadi groups in Gaza to conduct operations in Sinai.

Gyourko, Mayer, and Sinai justify their claim by arguing that these cities really are unique.

Earlier this month, jihadi terrorists ambushed an Egyptian military base in Sinai, killing 16 Egyptian soldiers.

Egypt even mounted an operation to destroy the tunnels between Gaza and Sinai, isolating Gaza completely.

Hamas and the Bedouins in Sinai have most likely been emboldened by the latest developments in Cairo.

Later, after the Israelis withdrew from Gaza, weapons, ammunition, and cash were smuggled through tunnels from Sinai.

But it is too early to tell whether its security crackdown in Sinai is a one time operation, intended to placate angry citizens, or the beginning of a serious effort to address the interconnected problems in Sinai and Gaza.

Indeed, demilitarization of Sinai is one of the fundamental elements of the stability of Egypt s peace with Israel.

TEL AVIV The crisis in the Sinai Peninsula seems to have been dwarfed by Sunday s drama in Cairo.

In the last two weeks, Israel has increased cooperation with Egypt s generals to pursue Islamist extremists in Sinai.

All around them, but especially in the ebullient resorts of southern Sinai, billions are spent on roads, airports, and beaches sizeable parcels of land are allocated generously to rich Egyptians from the Nile Valley and to foreigners, but not to Sinai natives.

To be sure, when a peace treaty was signed with Egypt, Jewish settlers were forcibly evacuated from the Sinai.

The uncertainty and disorder that have plagued Egypt for the last 18 months are fueling increasing lawlessness in Sinai.

The 1967 war placed all of mandatory Palestine (as well as Sinai and the Golan) under Israeli military occupation.

Two years ago, on the anniversary of the war of October 1973, young Sinai militants bombed the Taba Hilton.

For them, the lawless Bedouin, the Sinai jihadis, and Hamas and other groups in Gaza threaten Egypt s national security.

Even Egypt, a great and sovereign nation, accepted demilitarization of Sinai as a part of its peace process with Israel.

One such revisionist power was Egypt, which resolved to undo its 1967 defeat by Israel and regain the Sinai Peninsula.

Intelligence reports suggest that Hamas is smuggling weapons and explosives from the Sinai into the Gaza Strip at an accelerated pace.

Restored pride was central to Anwar Sadat s eventual decision to go to Jerusalem and regain the entire Sinai Peninsula for Egypt.

It is also too early to tell whether Morsi s shakeup in Cairo was related to, or expedited by, the Sinai events.

In 1973, at the end of the Yom Kippur War, Israel was poised to encircle the entire Egyptian Third Army in Sinai.

Moreover, these groups have frequently initiated attacks on Israel from Gaza or through Sinai, generating cycles of violence that have embarrassed Hamas.

Indeed, according to Sinai, higher oil prices are the biggest risk...since the bursting of the stock market bubble in 2000 2001.

Indeed, since Hosni Mubarak s ouster last year, security in Sinai has deteriorated, and the region has become fertile ground for Islamic extremism.

Given their strategic location, Sinai jihadis could easily be used by larger terrorist networks to target strategically vital locations, such as the Suez Canal.

abdallahelshamy Notes on statelessness in Egypt Today I was visiting Azazma tribe in East Sinai near borders with Palestine 150 km far from Arish.

Azazma tribe is a nomadic society that is spread out between Negev and Sinai deserts on both sides of the Egyptian and Israeli borders.

With hundreds of tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip and Sinai, it is very difficult to control the flow of arms, ammunition, and possibly foreign fighters.

Just a few days ago, Israel closed its airport in Eilat after receiving a warning that jihadis in Sinai planned to attack it with rockets.

The 1979 Egypt Israel Peace Treaty mandated that Sinai be largely demilitarized in order to serve as a buffer zone between the two former enemies.