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| Egypt fed up with Hamas refusal to take Gaza deal, pushing terror group to accept, Arab diplomat tells ToI |
| 2025-07-19 |
| [IsraelTimes] Egypt is fed up with Hamas, and its delegation in Qatar threatened the terror group’s delegation over its refusal to accept a ceasefire deal in Gaza, an Arab diplomat tells The Times of Israel. Egypt is “pressuring Hamas to accept,” says the diplomat. The diplomat confirms an i24 report that the Egyptians threatened Hamas delegation head Khalil al-Hayya with deportation and insulted him over his refusal to accept a deal. A second source involved in the mediation efforts says the Egyptian anger at Hamas is due to what Cairo feels is the terror group’s foot-dragging in the negotiations. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Israel always negotiates with terrorists when there are hostages, whether living or dead. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-07-19 11:26 |
| #3 I'm talking about Israel. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-07-19 09:56 |
| #2 #1 Whatever happened to the principle of "not negotiating with terrorists"? Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-07-19 04:44 Grom, I really think that the Egyptians know that Hamass is bad news and is doomed (at least in it's current form) but they can't quite bring themselves to throw up their hands and walk away. It seems likely to me though- YMMV, of course - that the Egyptians are indeed ready to do so. For both internal and external consumption, though, they need to be seen as having gone just a little more than the last mile. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-07-19 07:08 |
| #1 Whatever happened to the principle of "not negotiating with terrorists"? |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-07-19 04:44 |