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Egypt’s Gaza strategy: Ceasefire talks and a bold reconstruction plan - opinion

Egypt has a central role in the Gaza conflict and has hosted many rounds of ceasefire and prisoner exchange negotiations.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi greets Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at an emergency Arab summit in Cairo on Tuesday. The Egyptian plan on rebuilding Gaza threatens Israel’s security, strengthens Hamas, and undermines US strategic interests, the writer maintains.
President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Jordan's King Abdullah II attend a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, February 11, 2025.

Trump's new Washington makes Jordan's King Abdullah hold his tongue - analysis

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 10, 2024.

Strained relations: Egypt's Sisi cancels trip to US after Trump aid threats - report

 U.S. President Trump meets with with Egypt's President el-Sisi in New York City, New York

Trump to meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Israeli president says


Let Donald Trump make Gaza great again - opinion

If he receives the international support he deserves, President Trump will succeed at making Gaza great again.

 JORDAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Ayman Safadi (right) and then-Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry attend a news conference on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea last year. US President Donald Trump says he would like Jordan and Egypt to take in Gazan Palestinians temporarily or on a long-term basis.

Egyptians protest Trump displacement plan at Rafah border crossing

Egyptian security sources told Reuters that parties close to Sisi had sent buses to ferry protesters to the border crossing.

Egyptians protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal for Egypt and Jordan to host over a million Palestinians from Gaza, at a gate at the Rafah border crossing, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, January 31, 2025.

Arab leaders talk big on Palestine—but where’s the real support? - editorial

The Jerusalem Post does not endorse removing the Palestinians from Gaza or forcibly transferring them. However, the question remains of what Israel’s Arab neighbors can do more to help.

 EGYPT’S PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah at a summit on the Gaza war, last month in Cairo: Given the repercussions for key actors including Egypt and Jordan, the potential of an international peace conference after the war should be explored, the writer maintains.

My 10 steps to prevent Egypt's catastrophic fate - opinion

If these steps are not taken, Egypt is heading toward a catastrophic fate beyond any rational imagination.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the D-8 Summit in Cairo last month. Egypt risks becoming a backyard for Turkey, joining the Syrian backyard, the writer warns.

The sphinx’s silence: Why did Egypt abandon Syria during its revolution? - opinion

For many years, Egypt and Syria shared Soviet patronage, briefly formed a short-lived, failed union (the United Arab Republic), and fought monumental battles against their mutual Israeli adversary.

 EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with then-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during an Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Riyadh, in 2023.

Israel needs Trump on board to defeat Hamas in Gaza - opinion

The incoming Trump administration wants Israel’s wars wrapped up quickly. Bibi should do this to keep president-elect Trump on board, as he likes winners.

 IDF SOLDIERS operate in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, in November.

Biden holds phone calls with Egyptian, Qatari officials over Gaza ceasefire talks

Biden urged Sisi and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, whom he spoke to separately, to exert all efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.

 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers virtual remarks during the National Action Network Convention from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building's South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2024.

Winning with 89.6% of the vote, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sworn in for third term

Sisi, a former intelligence general, rose to power in 2013 after deposing of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's only freely elected president.

 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi speaks while meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, Egypt Sunday Oct. 15, 2023.

Egypt's Sisi sweeps to third term as president with 89.6% of vote

Some voters said the eruption of conflict in Gaza had encouraged them to vote for Sisi, who has long presented himself as a bulwark of stability in a volatile region.

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in Cairo, Egypt on September 14, 2023.

Egyptian President Sisi seeks third term, elections begin

International election observers and human rights organizations have levied harsh criticism against Sisi’s government during his presidency.

 A person carries a picture of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the first day of the presidential election in Cairo, Egypt, December 10, 2023.

Egypt president says future Palestinian state could be demilitarized

A political resolution requires a Palestinian state based on the June 4, 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital, has remained out of reach, Sisi insisted.

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attends Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November, 11, 2023.