Human rights are once again leading the conversation on Egypt in the international press this morning. France24 picked up on the reduction of TikTok influencer Haneen Hossam’s prison sentence to three years from ten years, after she was convicted of human trafficking. Meanwhile, a number of local and international rights organizations have released a joint statement on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s 2022-2027 Egypt country strategy, which they say is an improvement on the lender’s last strategy in terms of addressing rights issues — but, they said, still doesn’t go far enough.

ALSO- Last month’s Israel-Arab summit in the Negev shows how Israel is “mapping out a new system of states that links Greece with Egypt and onward to the Gulf and India,” says Jerusalem-based political analyst Seth J. Frantzman. (The Hill)

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