Israel’s envoy to the United States 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.
Ambassador Yechiel Leiter made the allegations during a Zoom meeting on January 28 with the executives of major American Jewish organizations, a recording of which was obtained Friday by The Times of Israel.
The comments castigating Egypt and its leader were quite out of the ordinary, particularly since the start of the Gaza war, during which Jerusalem has sought to maintain a working relationship with Cairo. Egypt is serving as one of the mediators between Israel and Hamas in order to secure the release of Israeli hostages seized by the Palestinian terror group during its October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war.
Ties between Israel and Egypt have been frosty since Netanyahu returned to power in December 2022, and the premier has not spoken to Sissi since the start of the fighting in Gaza, as Cairo has fumed over what it feels has been Jerusalem’s efforts to move Gazans into the Sinai Peninsula.
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Ambassador Yechiel Leiter made the allegations during a Zoom meeting on January 28 with the executives of major American Jewish organizations, a recording of which was obtained Friday by The Times of Israel.
The comments castigating Egypt and its leader were quite out of the ordinary, particularly since the start of the Gaza war, during which Jerusalem has sought to maintain a working relationship with Cairo. Egypt is serving as one of the mediators between Israel and Hamas in order to secure the release of Israeli hostages seized by the Palestinian terror group during its October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war.
Ties between Israel and Egypt have been frosty since Netanyahu returned to power in December 2022, and the premier has not spoken to Sissi since the start of the fighting in Gaza, as Cairo has fumed over what it feels has been Jerusalem’s efforts to move Gazans into the Sinai Peninsula.
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