In an ideal world, reports that Israel has approved an energy deal that will supply up to $35 billion of natural gas to Egypt would be promising. For two countries that went to war four times between 1948 and 1973, to embark on a major economic agreement would be a hopeful example of co-operation in a troubled region.
Indeed, in difference circumstances, such an agreement could be said to mirror the transformation seen in Europe from 1951 onwards.
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