EGYPT BENEFITTING HAMAS?
WATCH: Briefing with Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter – January 28, 2025: Conference of Presidents, Feb. 14, 2025 — The Conference of Presidents was honored to have hosted Ambassador Yechiel Leiter for his first meeting with the leadership of the American Jewish Community.
Israel’s US envoy: Egypt’s Sissi is Breaking Peace Deal, ‘Playing Both Sides’ with Hamas: Jacob Magid, Times of Israel, Feb. 15, 2025 – Israel’s envoy to the United States has accused Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi of violating the US-brokered peace deal between Jerusalem and Cairo, profiting from the desperation of Palestinians seeking to flee the Gaza Strip and duplicitously operating to benefit Hamas.
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Are Egypt and Israel Stumbling Toward War?: David Wurmser, The Editors, Feb. 12, 2025
Egypt Increases Sinai Military Presence, Violates Peace Treaty: Shirit Avitan Cohen, Israel Hayom, Feb. 13, 2025
Time for Egypt to be Held to Account: Oved Lobel, Australian Jewish News, Feb. 13, 2025
The Sinai Option: Peter Berkowitz, Real Clear Politics, Feb. 9, 2025
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE:
Report: This is Egypt’s Plan for Gaza Reconstruction: Sachar Kleiman, Israel Hayom, Feb. 15, 2025 — The Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported Saturday morning that Egypt’s plan for Gaza’s reconstruction is centered on forming a Palestinian committee overseen by the Palestinian Authority, excluding Hamas from the process.
Netanyahu Gives Mandate to Israeli Delegation For Egypt Talks on Monday: Moran Azulay, Ynet News, Feb. 16, 2025 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Sunday announced that “Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the Israeli negotiation team to leave for Cairo on Monday to discuss the hostage deal’s second phase.”
Are Arab Rulers with Or Against America?: Clifford D. May, Washington Times, Feb. 11, 2025 — More than 6 million Syrians fled their homeland during that country’s almost 14-year-long civil war. Other nations took them in. It was the humanitarian thing to do, fulfilling their obligation under international law.
Jordan and Egypt Are Repeating Abbas’s Mistake: Seth Mandel, Commentary Magazine, Feb. 11, 2025 — Mahmoud Abbas is reportedly interested in resuming multilateral negotiations toward a two-state solution. This suggests that Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” proposal isn’t the death knell for Palestinian statehood that critics and commentators have portrayed it as.