Lessons from Israel and Egypt’s lukewarm peace MENASource by Gabriel Mitchell Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz speaks at the third East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF) meeting which is hosted by Egypt and brings together Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan and the Palestinians in Cairo, Egypt January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Shokry Hussien/File Photo On March 9, Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen met with his Egyptian counterpart Nasser Fahmi in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, located at the southernmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula. On the face of it, nothing about this encounter was consequential—security cooperation is the bedrock of Israeli-Egyptian relations.