Twelve lawmakers from key congressional panels warned against pulling US troops out of an international peacekeeping force on the Sinai Peninsula in an open letter dated May 13, Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Sunday.
The 12 lawmakers, including chairs and ranking members in foreign affairs and armed services, came out with a bipartisan message of support to the force established in 1981 to supervise the implementation of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty of 1979.
They describe the peace treaty as an “anchor of stability” in a volatile region, preventing more fighting between former rivals for decades and sparing generations of soldiers from bloodshed.
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