Egypt deals ‘unbelievable diplomatic blow to Israel’: Analyst
With Egypt joining South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel, Alon Liel, former director of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, tells Al Jazeera the move is an “unbelievable diplomatic blow to Israel”.
“Egypt is the cornerstone of our standing in the Middle East,” he said. The connections that Israel has in the Middle East and North Africa today, including with Jordan, the UAE and Morocco, is all “a result of what Egypt did 40 years ago”.
“With Egypt joining South Africa now in The Hague, it’s a real diplomatic punch. Israel would have to take it very seriously. “This is what I have been warning about. It’s coming from several directions. Israel has to … listen to the world – not only to the Israeli public opinion asking now for revenge.
“We have to look overall in the wider picture, in the long-term security of Israel, not only in the next few weeks in Gaza.”
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Israel thanks Orban, Milei for ‘standing on right side of history’ in UN vote
The Israeli government has expressed appreciation towards the minority of UN member states that voted against giving more privileges to Palestine as a member state during the vote earlier this week.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz named a number of right-wing leaders, including Hungary’s Viktor Orban, Argentina’s Javier Milei and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala for “standing on the right side of history” and voting against the UN General Assembly resolution that was backed by 143 countries.
They can stand side by side at the ICC as well. The only way for Israel to stand on the right side of history is in their own falsified history books.
Egypt FM says ‘political will’ needed to reach ceasefire in Gaza
Sameh Shoukry has said that “political will” is needed to reach a ceasefire during the ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas – with Egypt and Qatar acting as mediators.
“There are moderate proposals that meet the purposes for both parties that should be approved so that there would be a truce, a hostages-prisoners swap deal, to handle the difficult humanitarian situation, and prevent any continuation of the displacement,” the Egyptian foreign minister said during a news conference with visiting Slovenian counterpart, Tanja Fajon.
Fajon said that every effort should be made to prevent further escalation in Rafah and to reopen border crossings.
On Thursday, the Slovenian government initiated the procedure for the recognition of a Palestinian state as a form of leverage to end the war on Gaza, a move it announced in March, Prime Minister Robert Golob said.
Golob said he would like his country’s recognition to be “an incentive for these negotiations to proceed more quickly”.
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