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| Cairo sees Israel as being led by ‘2 governments,’ Egypt official reportedly says |
| 2023-01-11 |
“Pay attention to USSSSSSSSS — we’re important!!“ [IsraelTimes] Source says ties steady despite censure of Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit; notes Cairo distinguishes between ’far-right government’ and international-facing Netanyahu-led leadershipSo important that there’s nothing about it in Al Ahram. Despite Egypt’s condemnation of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount last week, relations between the neighboring countries are continuing without "major tension," an unnamed Egyptian official was quoted as saying Monday. The official also reportedly told the London-based Asharq al-Awsat news outlet that his country views Israel as being led by "two governments" — an bully boy one at home and a more moderate one representing Israel in its relations abroad. Ben Gvir toured the flashpoint site, which is revered by both Jews and Moslems and is a central focal point of the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict, last week. His move was met with an international outcry. Relations between Jerusalem and Cairo regarding the Paleostinian issue will be affected by the matter, the unnamed source said, but "without this meaning major tension or difficulties in bilateral relations." The report repeated earlier claims that Netanyahu had given his blessing to Ben Gvir’s actions despite having earlier promised Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi he would "maintain the calm" and prevent the far-right minister from visiting. Egypt regularly mediates between Israel and Paleostinian terrorist group Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw,, which governs the 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... Strip and shares a border with Egypt. The source explained that Netanyahu, mindful of Egypt’s crucial role in moderating relations between Israel and the Paleostinians, would work to "avoid provoking" Cairo. The unnamed Egyptian source claimed that Cairo viewed the new government in Jerusalem as two separate entities: "The first government is led by the far-right, and the second government presents itself to the world as being led by Netanyahu." He said Ben Gvir’s actions were "an attempt by the far-right to test the waters for the implementation of its plans towards all Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem, to which Egypt responded quickly and decisively through its Foreign Ministry statement." Following the incident, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said: "Egypt deplores the storming of al-Aqsa Mosque by an Israeli official" and warned of "negative repercussions" to security and stability in the region. On Sunday, a report in the al-Araby al-Jadeed newspaper said there was "resentment" and "embarrassment" in the Sissi’s office due to Netanyahu’s decision to allow Ben Gvir to visit the flashpoint site. Both outlets reported that a series of Israeli sanctions against the Paleostinian Authority, approved last week, would constitute another strain on relations. The sanctions, which include seizing $40 million in tax revenues Israel collects on behalf of the PA and channeling them to Israeli victims of Paleostinian terrorism, came in response to Ramallah’s successful initiative at the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... to have the International Court of Justice draft a legal opinion on Israel’s conduct in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel and Egypt signed a peace agreement in 1979 but relations have been mostly frosty, though the government has maintained close security ties in recent years. The countries share security interests in the Gaza Strip as well as in Sinai and the eastern Mediterranean, but most Egyptians reject ties with Israel. Cairo, like Jerusalem, sees Gaza’s Hamas rulers as a serious threat and has restricted crossings to and from the enclave. |
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