Sisi backs Trump’s Gaza plan. Praises ceasefire push.
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stood firm Monday. He threw his weight behind Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire initiative. Talks were heating up in Cairo too—Hamas, Israel, and US negotiators all gathered there. Hostages, prisoners, stopping the fighting. That was the agenda.
Sisi didn’t mince words. “I can only praise President Trump,” he declared. His speech marked the 1973 war anniversary. The one that ended Israel’s hold on Sinai. “Two years of war, genocide, killing, destruction,” Sisi listed grimly. “Trump’s initiative seeks to end it.”
He laid out the vision. Ceasefire. Prisoners coming home. Gaza rebuilt. A Palestinian state born. “That’s the path to real peace,” he insisted. That old Yom Kippur War? It got things moving. Led to Camp David Accords in ‘79. Egypt made history then—first Arab nation to formally recognize Israel.
Sisi called those accords vital. “The bedrock for future peace,” he said. “Must be strengthened.” His philosophy was clear: “Peace forced by force? Just breeds strife. Peace built on justice? That’s what brings true normalisation.”
Egypt’s been a key player, mediating alongside Qatar and the US. But Sisi drew a hard line. No mass displacement of Palestinians into Egypt. “A threat to our security,” he warned. “The Egyptian army protects our borders. We’re not afraid.”
Since Camp David, Egypt’s gotten massive US military aid. Decades of tight security cooperation with Israel followed. The foundation holds, Sisi believes. Now, Gaza’s the test.
