It is being widely reported based on press leaks that the Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has privately threatened Israel. Cairo is
I’m surprised we haven’t heard way more about Egypt and this. Egypt has a fuck ton of problems with Israel that have fuck all to do with Palestinians. They’ve already gone to war with each other, and a modern war wouldn’t be any more pleasant
Egypt has tried to play the middle road between the Arab League, US global and regional muscle, and Israel for a long time, but understandably doesn’t want roughly 2 million Gazan refugees arriving overnight into their fragile economy, nor wants to stand idle as Gaza gets pounded.
I’m surprised we haven’t heard way more about Egypt and this. Egypt has a fuck ton of problems with Israel that have fuck all to do with Palestinians. They’ve already gone to war with each other, and a modern war wouldn’t be any more pleasant
Because Egyptian government is very friendly to US and Israel, but they also don’t want to piss off their anti-israel population too much.
Egypt has been taking shit from Israel and accepting it as is for a long time.
The crazy part of this situation is that Sisi is arguably the most pro-Israel leader in Egypt’s history.
Egypt has tried to play the middle road between the Arab League, US global and regional muscle, and Israel for a long time, but understandably doesn’t want roughly 2 million Gazan refugees arriving overnight into their fragile economy, nor wants to stand idle as Gaza gets pounded.