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Sisi answers Smotrich over Sinai: Who told you we want war?
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi responded to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s remarks about Sinai, saying Egypt has no agenda against anyone and its only aim is to protect its land and borders.
Hilal Times Editorial DeskUpdated:
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi responded to an Israeli official’s remarks about the Sinai Peninsula, asking: “Who told you we want to fight? We have no agenda against anyone.”
Sisi spoke on Oct. 14 at the Armed Forces’ 44th Educational Seminar, held at the Egyptian Military Academy in the New Administrative Capital to mark the 53rd anniversary of the October 1973 war. He did not name the official, but his comments were a response to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
“Our land is with us; we fought to take it back, and that is settled,” Sisi said, asking: “Are the fears of 60 years ago still in your head?” He added: “My only ambition is to protect my country, its borders and its land. As long as we respect each other’s territory, Sinai is with us and our borders are secure, there is no hidden agenda.”
Sisi also stressed that the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel is the governing framework for relations between the two countries.
“There will be no Sinai”
In a video interview with the Haredi outlet Hashtiblach on Oct. 5, Smotrich said: “What would make Egypt not attack us? The understanding that if they attack us, there will be no Sinai at least.”
On Oct. 7, an informed source told Egypt’s state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA) that Cairo “categorically” rejected the remarks, calling them “empty threats” and “a transparent attempt to use inflammatory rhetoric for electoral purposes.”
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