Tag: Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi got two things very wrong in his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo recently. First, he claimed that Israel has “exceeded” its right to self-defence in its ongoing military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Second, he said that Jews in Egypt have never been […]

Judging by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting yesterday with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the Sinai Peninsula resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Israel’s mercurial relations with Egypt are improving. Describing it as an “important and very good meeting,” Bennett said it “laid the foundation for deep ties” in the future. He did not elaborate, but the […]