“…this link between the Maya and the guerrillas eventually became an idée fixe for the government, who promulgated an ideology that perceived all Maya as natural allies of the insurrection, and thus as enemies of the state. The natural extension of this belief was the deliberate targeting of the civilian population, in order to ‘starve’ guerilla forces of their popular support. This essential tenet of counterinsurgency strategy found fertile ground in Guatemala, which soon became a laboratory for ‘dirty war’ tactics. In 1966, Guatemala pioneered the use of forced disappearances…”
Change the word “Maya” to “Bedouin”, and you have what you can expect in Sinai