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Egypt conditioning Netanyahu visit on goodwill gesture to Palestinians — report
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to visit Egypt before the March elections, the Walla news site reports.But Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is conditioning the visit on a goodwill gesture by Netanyahu to the Paleostinians, such as a declaration in support of a two-state solution, according to two Israeli sources. Netanyahu pushed back against such a demand, the report says. The Prime Minister’s Office denies any condition was set for the visit. According to the report, the move is a bid by Egypt to impress the Biden administration. "President el-Sissi doesn’t care so much about the Paleostinian issue, but he knows Netanyahu is looking for a campaign photo-op and is trying to get a diplomatic achievement for Egypt out of it," an Israeli official says. Talks over the potential visit have been ongoing for months. The trip almost went ahead last month, but was postponed by Egypt after the Israeli elections were moved up, the report says. The last official visit by Netanyahu to Egypt was in January 2011, when he met then-president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... , though he reportedly paid a secret, unofficial visit in 2018. An official visit had reportedly been set to go ahead in 2016 but was canceled after Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said Egypt had taken action — at Israel’s request — to seal a cross-border tunnel from Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... built by the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terror group. Related: Netanyahu: 2021-01-29 Crown prince says Saudi to sell more shares of energy giant Aramco Netanyahu: 2021-01-28 Joint List of Arab parties partly disintegrating as talks with Ra’am founder Netanyahu: 2021-01-25 Israeli Cabinet authorizes normalization with Morocco Related: Sissi: 2020-12-14 Abbas arrives in Qatar, will meet its emir to discuss ‘issues of mutual concern’ Sissi: 2020-12-12 Egypt’s Sissi praises Israel-Morocco deal Sissi: 2020-12-06 Egypt’s Sissi said to tell Abbas he intends to broker Israeli-Palestinian talks Related: Two-state solution: 2020-12-07 Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal denounces Israel's colonial policies at Bahrain summit Two-state solution: 2020-11-21 UN panel votes 163-5 in support of Palestinian statehood, end of occupation Two-state solution: 2020-11-16 Israel advances construction in controversial East Jerusalem neighborhood Related: Hosni Mubarak: 2021-01-25 'The release of six decades of fear': Egypt's lost revolution Hosni Mubarak: 2020-12-21 Court sentences man to death for murdering wife of Egyptian poet Afify Matar Hosni Mubarak: 2020-12-06 EU's top court ends asset freeze against Mubarak family Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-04 |
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