As the battle over Tiran and Sanafir moves to the House of Representatives today, it was natural that this become the issue of note in the airwaves. We expect that it will continue to dominate news and talk shows until it is settled (we have more in the Speed Round).

Kol Youm’s Amr Adib urged MPs to live broadcast the debate in the spirit of transparency (watch, runtime 4:02). Rep. Mostafa Bakry told Adib that the House has a constitutional right and mandate to review the agreement with Saudi Arabia and sanction or refuse it. Bakry said that Egypt’s maritime borders, which were last defined under Hosni Mubarak’s rule in 1990 and sanctioned by the UN, exclude the two islands (watch, runtime 12:17).

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