Egypt’s Prosecutor General Nabil Sadek has ordered a formal investigation into allegations made in The New York Times accusing Egyptian authorities of trying to sway public opinion to accept US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Ahram Online reports. The Egyptian government denied the Times’ claims that it obtained copies of recorded phone calls between an Egyptian intelligence officer and different talk show hosts who were being instructed on how to present the issue of Jerusalem to their audiences. The State Security prosecutor is leading the investigation, according to Al Mal. The story is still making foreign headlines, with fresh coverage and analysis from Asharq Al-Awsat, Middle East Monitor, and The Media Line.

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