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Egypt could send forces to stabilise future Palestinian state: El-Sisi
AFP, Sunday 23 Nov 2014
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said in an interview published Sunday that he would be prepared to send troops to a future Palestinian state to help stabilise it.
El-Sisi, who begins his first European trip on Monday since the ouster of his Islamist predecessor, made the comments in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
He is due to visit France and Italy, while the trip will also include a meeting with Pope Francis.
The Egyptian leader said he would send forces to a future Palestinian state in agreement with Israel and the Palestinian authority.
"We are ready to send military forces into a Palestinian state," he said.
"We would help the local police and reassure the Israelis through our role as guarantor. Not forever, of course. For the time necessary to reestablish confidence. But first a Palestinian state must exist where troops can be sent to."
El-Sisi said he had spoken of the idea with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
Speaking of neighbouring Libya, El-Sisi described the country as having descended into "chaos" and said "extremely dangerous jihadist bases" were being established there.
"The international community must make a very clear and joint choice in favour of the Libyan national army and no one else," Sisi said. "Aid, equipment, training must be sent to it exclusively."
El-Sisi also said Egypt had not intervened militarily in Libya. Egypt has denied reports that it facilitated air strikes by the United Arab Emirates, a close ally, against militias in Libya.
President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown in July 2013 after mass protest agaisnt his rule, prompting a wave of violence between supporters and security forces that drew rebukes from the United States and Europe. But Egypt has come back in from the cold since El-Sisi's landslide election win earlier this year, boosted by its increasingly central role in combating regional Islamist militancy.
Egypt could send forces to stabilise future Palestinian state: El-Sisi - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
Egyptian President El-Sisi: Israeli-Palestinian Peace is ‘Foreseeable’
NOVEMBER 23, 2014 5:36 PM 0 COMMENTS
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in an interview on Thursday that he believes peace between Israelis and Palestinians will be possible one day.
“I have spoken to [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, and peace is foreseeable,” he said, speaking to France 24 in his first-ever interview with a European media outlet.
The Egyptian president also said he will not let the Sinai Peninsula become a base for attacks against its neighbors, included Israel. He added that Palestinian statehood “would solve lots of issues” by defusing tensions and preventing terror in the region. “We should not forget that one of the causes of terrorism is the Palestinian issue,” he claimed.
“The Palestinians are frustrated, are disappointed are hopeless. When I talk to Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu I always tell him we need to deliver some hope to the Palestinians,” he told France 24. “We have to give them a state so that they could live in peace alongside with the Israeli people…We must provide all the guarantees for the emerging Palestinian state and for the state of Israel so that none of the two countries will be a danger for the other state. Without this, the tension will last and the instability will last too.”
El-Sisi insisted that Egypt is ready to contribute and deliver guarantees for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Egyptian President El-Sisi: Israeli-Palestinian Peace is 'Foreseeable' | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
AFP, Sunday 23 Nov 2014
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said in an interview published Sunday that he would be prepared to send troops to a future Palestinian state to help stabilise it.
El-Sisi, who begins his first European trip on Monday since the ouster of his Islamist predecessor, made the comments in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
He is due to visit France and Italy, while the trip will also include a meeting with Pope Francis.
The Egyptian leader said he would send forces to a future Palestinian state in agreement with Israel and the Palestinian authority.
"We are ready to send military forces into a Palestinian state," he said.
"We would help the local police and reassure the Israelis through our role as guarantor. Not forever, of course. For the time necessary to reestablish confidence. But first a Palestinian state must exist where troops can be sent to."
El-Sisi said he had spoken of the idea with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
Speaking of neighbouring Libya, El-Sisi described the country as having descended into "chaos" and said "extremely dangerous jihadist bases" were being established there.
"The international community must make a very clear and joint choice in favour of the Libyan national army and no one else," Sisi said. "Aid, equipment, training must be sent to it exclusively."
El-Sisi also said Egypt had not intervened militarily in Libya. Egypt has denied reports that it facilitated air strikes by the United Arab Emirates, a close ally, against militias in Libya.
President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown in July 2013 after mass protest agaisnt his rule, prompting a wave of violence between supporters and security forces that drew rebukes from the United States and Europe. But Egypt has come back in from the cold since El-Sisi's landslide election win earlier this year, boosted by its increasingly central role in combating regional Islamist militancy.
Egypt could send forces to stabilise future Palestinian state: El-Sisi - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online
Egyptian President El-Sisi: Israeli-Palestinian Peace is ‘Foreseeable’
NOVEMBER 23, 2014 5:36 PM 0 COMMENTS
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in an interview on Thursday that he believes peace between Israelis and Palestinians will be possible one day.
“I have spoken to [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu, and peace is foreseeable,” he said, speaking to France 24 in his first-ever interview with a European media outlet.
The Egyptian president also said he will not let the Sinai Peninsula become a base for attacks against its neighbors, included Israel. He added that Palestinian statehood “would solve lots of issues” by defusing tensions and preventing terror in the region. “We should not forget that one of the causes of terrorism is the Palestinian issue,” he claimed.
“The Palestinians are frustrated, are disappointed are hopeless. When I talk to Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu I always tell him we need to deliver some hope to the Palestinians,” he told France 24. “We have to give them a state so that they could live in peace alongside with the Israeli people…We must provide all the guarantees for the emerging Palestinian state and for the state of Israel so that none of the two countries will be a danger for the other state. Without this, the tension will last and the instability will last too.”
El-Sisi insisted that Egypt is ready to contribute and deliver guarantees for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Egyptian President El-Sisi: Israeli-Palestinian Peace is 'Foreseeable' | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
. Isn't sisi the one who shut the tunnel passes from egypt to palestins?
