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May 15, 2011

Israel gas deal sparks attacks in Egypt

Students wave Palestinian and Egyptian flags by Cairo's Israeli embassy, on April 27, to protest Egypt's gas exports to the state.
Students wave Palestinian and Egyptian flags by Cairo's Israeli embassy, on April 27, to protest Egypt's gas exports to the state.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • A Mubarak-era gas deal between Egypt and Israel is causing controversy
  • It has become a touchstone for anti-Israeli sentiment in the new Egypt
  • Attacks on the al Sabil gas terminal are keeping it in the spotlight
  • Investigators checking if Mubarak allies illegally profited from the deal

(CNN) -- Flames shot into the sky in the northern Sinai desert, close to Egypt's border with Israel. It was the second attack this year on the al-Sabil gas terminal - and the third attempt to sabotage a network of pipelines that supplies Israel with natural gas.

It's not clear who carried out the attack on April 27 - but it once more drew attention to a controversial deal to supply natural gas to Israel - a deal that allegedly involved the ousted President, Hosni Mubarak, his family and close associates..

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