It has also been manifest in the passing of the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act, and in the campaigns repeatedly launched against the alleged persecution of Copts in Egypt. Israel jumps at any opportunity to call for normalization of relations with the Arabs. The opportunity on hand at present is the Wye Plantation Deal. The US usually backs Israel's request as it does now. In Egypt, normalization is rejected at all levels until a comprehensive and just peace is reached.
Normalization means reverting to normal.
When Israel speaks about normalization it usually proposes another meaning. For, if peace is the normal condition, war must be the exception. In that case, normalization would mean returning to peace. I, personally, do not see any proof that Israel seeks peace. The Sunday Telegraph last week printed a story about alleged torture of Copts at the hands of the police in a small village in the southern Egyptian province of Sohag.