[IsraelTimes] Citing anonymous sources, al-Arabi al-Jadeed says Cairo informed Tehran it demands to be kept out of the Israeli-Iranian shadow war
Egyptian security officials warned Iran
 ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979...
not to operate on Egyptian soil to target Israelis, days after The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
and Israel apparently thwarted attempts to target Israeli civilians in Ottoman Turkish territory, according to a report Wednesday in the Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
-backed daily al-Arabi al-Jadeed.
"Egyptian officials informed their Iranian counterparts that Egypt will not accept the involvement of its security reputation in the ongoing conflict between Tel Aviv and Tehran," the report said.
The officials reportedly added that Cairo has in the past declined to join Israel or other regional actors in their shadow war against Iran.
According to the report, Israel informed Egypt that Iran had begun to consider targeting Israeli citizens there, after collaboration between Israeli and Ottoman Turkish intelligence prevented attacks on Ottoman Turkish soil.
Iran and Israel have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, but tensions have ratcheted up in recent months following a string of high-profile incidents Tehran has blamed on Israel. Jerusalem, as is common practice, neither confirms nor denies its involvement in most of the incidents.
Israel warned its citizens not to travel to Turkey in mid-June, fearing Iranian retribution. According to senior Israeli officials, significant intelligence had indicated that Iran was seeking to carry out attacks against Israeli tourists in the country to avenge a series of killings and strikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets that have been attributed to the Jewish state.
In rare public announcements, Israeli officials publicly urged Israelis in Istanbul to lock their hotel rooms at night and avoid strangers. At times, the security establishment even declared that an operation to capture Israelis had started.
On Tuesday, Israel eased the elevated travel warning, returning it to Level 3, or moderate. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett thanked Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
and Turkey’s security forces for foiling attempts by Iran to attack Israeli travelers.
"Our activities were successful, and succeeded in protecting human life," said Bennett. "We will gradually return to normal."
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