El Sisi, Netanyahu met secretly in February 2016 to discuss Palestinian peace plan -Haaretz

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset opposition chairman Isaac Herzog flew secretly to Cairo for a meeting with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in April 2016, Haaretz claims. The paper says the February 2016 Aqaba summit, which also included Jordan’s King Abdullah and then US Secretary of State John Kerry, was not the only meeting between El Sisi and Netanyahu that year. Haaretz says the meeting with El Sisi was part of “marathon talks” amid a genuine possibility of a peace agreement with the Palestinians, but “failed due to Netanyahu’s refusal to give the Palestinians what was required.” Herzog said Palestinian demands at the time included “significant construction in Palestinian cities in Area C, a freeze on construction outside the settlement blocs, recognition of various elements in the Arab peace plan and other things.”