Are reports of an Israel-Egypt regional peace conference premature? ,Peace Train Stalled at Station,Are reports of an Israel-Egypt regional peace conference premature?
Arab affairs expert Shalom Harari: It’s not enough to know Arabic. You need to understand what Arabs’ leaders mean
Reports thatIsraelandEgyptare planning a regional peace conference are likely premature according to Brigadier-General (retired) Shalom Harari who has advised the Israeli government on Arab affairs from senior posts inside IDF military intelligence and the Ministry of Defense.
“It sounds like a reporter is floating a trial balloon” Harari told Mishpacha. “I haven’t seen any confirmation on this from the Palestinian media.”
The report first surfaced when Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi told reporters in Cairo last week that Russian president Vladimir Putin had offered to host talks between Egypt Israel and the Palestinian Authority. But even if that’s true it’s hardly clear sailing from the Mediterranean to Moscow.
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