Blinken in Egypt: President Sisi warns of regional war, urging Gaza ceasefire
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt warns US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that a catastrophic war could break out in the region unless Israel ends its atrocities against the Palestinians in Gaza.
After talks on Tuesday with the US diplomat in the Egyptian coastal town of Al Alamein, el-Sisi said all parties must be wary of “the grave danger of the conflict expanding regionally, with potentially catastrophic consequences.”
“The time has come to end the ongoing war [in Gaza], and to resort to wisdom, and to uphold the language of peace and diplomacy.”
Sis said that a ceasefire in Gaza must be the beginning of broader international recognition of an independent Palestinian State.
Egypt, along with Qatar, is brokering negotiations for a truce in the 10-month-old Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Blinken flew to Egypt from Tel Aviv on Monday, where he said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a US "bridging proposal" aimed at narrowing the gaps between Israel and Hamas after peace talks last week in Qatar paused without a breakthrough.
He urged Palestinian resistance movement Hamas to also accept the proposal as the basis for more
Hamas, however, urged the international community to pressure Netanyahu to sign the deal proposed by US President Joe Biden on May 31 and backed by the United Nations Security Council on June 11.
The resistance group said by shifting the terms, Washington is showing “blind bias” towards the Israeli regime and acquiescing to its demands. "The new proposal meets Netanyahu's conditions and aligns with them, particularly his refusal of a permanent cease-fire, a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip."
It said Biden is enabling Israel to “commit more crimes against defenseless civilians, in pursuit of the goals of exterminating and displacing our people.”
The Palestinian movement has made clear that a ceasefire deal must result in a permanent end to Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.
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