Size Comparison Map: Israel vs. Egypt

Can tiny Israel afford to give away land to try to placate the Arabs? Compare Israel’s size to Eygpt, just one of the 4 Arab countries bordering Israel, not counting independent Gaza:

Size Comparison of Israel and Egypt
Egypt: 1,010,408 sq. km / 390,121 sq. mi

Israel + administrated territories: 27,869 sq. km / 10,760 sq. mi

Ratio, Egypt to Israel: 36:1

When Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, the Egyptians took back the Sinai peninsula from Israel, which had been captured in the 1967 6-Day War. However, Egypt did not take back Gaza, which also had been captured in 1967. Nor did Egypt take the Palestinian Arab population of Gaza and provide for them a state, or anything else, in Egypt’s vast land holdings. Perhaps Egypt should be willing to contribute something to their Palestinian Arab brethren on their border?

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