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
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.
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.