Zionist Minister in Cairo Amid Angry Protests
CAIRO (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz is in Cairo to attend a natural gas conference in a rare visit to Egypt by an official from the occupied territories, airport sources said.
The visit has been widely opposed by Egyptians who, like most Arabs, are largely opposed to the normalization of ties with the Zionist regime given the regime’s atrocities against the Palestinian nation.
Steinitz’s visit came at the invitation of the Egyptian government, the regime’s energy ministry said.
Jordan and Egypt are the only two Arab states to have full diplomatic ties with Israel, but the relations remain limited and taboo among the general populations.
The last time a Zionist minister visited Egypt was in November 2017 when Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel took part in a conference on the promotion of gender equality in Mediterranean states.
Relations between the regime and some Arab countries have warmed in recent months, with Israeli ministers last year visiting the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
A November report by the UK-based Arabic newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have been working together to persuade other Arab leaders to establish close trade ties with the occupying regime while working to resolve political differences with the Tel Aviv regime as well.
The push came as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called peace plan for the Middle East region.
Bin Salman and Sisi have explored possible ways to end the Zionist-Palestinian conflict in a way that would prompt as many Arab countries as possible to give relations with Israel another chance.
The Egyptian proposal to hold a summit with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority is one of the possible solutions the two close allies might have in store to further their agenda, the report said.
Last week, the Egyptian president acknowledged that his administration has maintained very deep relations with the Tel Aviv regime and is engaged in military cooperation with the regime in the restive Sinai Peninsula.
Anti-Israeli sentiments in Egypt are on the rise in the wake of a highly publicized meetings between Egyptian and Zionist regime officials.
The visit has been widely opposed by Egyptians who, like most Arabs, are largely opposed to the normalization of ties with the Zionist regime given the regime’s atrocities against the Palestinian nation.
Steinitz’s visit came at the invitation of the Egyptian government, the regime’s energy ministry said.
Jordan and Egypt are the only two Arab states to have full diplomatic ties with Israel, but the relations remain limited and taboo among the general populations.
The last time a Zionist minister visited Egypt was in November 2017 when Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel took part in a conference on the promotion of gender equality in Mediterranean states.
Relations between the regime and some Arab countries have warmed in recent months, with Israeli ministers last year visiting the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
A November report by the UK-based Arabic newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have been working together to persuade other Arab leaders to establish close trade ties with the occupying regime while working to resolve political differences with the Tel Aviv regime as well.
The push came as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called peace plan for the Middle East region.
Bin Salman and Sisi have explored possible ways to end the Zionist-Palestinian conflict in a way that would prompt as many Arab countries as possible to give relations with Israel another chance.
The Egyptian proposal to hold a summit with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority is one of the possible solutions the two close allies might have in store to further their agenda, the report said.
Last week, the Egyptian president acknowledged that his administration has maintained very deep relations with the Tel Aviv regime and is engaged in military cooperation with the regime in the restive Sinai Peninsula.
Anti-Israeli sentiments in Egypt are on the rise in the wake of a highly publicized meetings between Egyptian and Zionist regime officials.