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Retired Egyptian Major General and strategic thinker Samir Farag clarified the reasons for why President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi refused a proposal by CIA Director William Burns suggesting Egypt manage Gaza for six months.
The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series, as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project, released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS MEMRI Daily Brief No. 574 – The Houthi Hypocrisy – Maintaining Vast Arsenals But Relying On The West To Feed The Starving Yemenis, February 23, 2024 MEMRI Special Dispatch No.
Egyptian military analyst General (ret.) Samir Farag said on a February 18, 2024 show on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) that the “Israeli enemy” is still the strategic enemy of Egypt. He said that the peace accords were signed during the military disengagement between Egypt and Israel, but in reality, there are no relations between the two countries.
President Biden plans to dispatch CIA Director William J. Burns in the coming days to help broker an ambitious deal between Hamas and Israel that would involve the release of all remaining hostages held in Gaza and the longest cessation of hostilities since the war began last year, according to officials familiar with the matter.
Egyptian officials are racing against time to stop the escalating war between Israel and Hamas, while Cairo is concerned that the escalation may extend to its borders with Gaza.