Egypt is afraid of Israel elbowing it out of the region. It's afraid that Israel will become dominant in agriculture, economics, and culture, that it will introduce democratic ideas, and ultimately usurp Egypt's role as a leader in the Middle East. That's why it has set up mechanisms to foil normalization. Even if there is total peace, this will not change. On the other hand, Dubek maintains that Egypt is fully committed to peace - at least on its own terms.
People talk about a cold peace.
Peace has no temperature. It either exists, or it doesn't. Dubek argues that peace, at this level, is strong and durable. None of these episodes led Egypt to war. And now, during the second intifada, Egypt gets up at the Arab league summit and pledges not to go to war with Israel.