There’s not much happening in the pages of the foreign press this morning

Dominating coverage in the foreign press this morning: Egypt’s attempts to mediate an end to the weekend’s fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. More on this in this morning’s Diplomacy section, below. (Reuters | AFP | WSJ | Haaretz)

MEANWHILE- Chevron loves Egypt: “Chevron upstream chief Jay Johnson used his firm’s Q2 earnings call on 29 July to single out Egypt [and Suriname] as the firm’s most exciting exploration prospects globally,” MEED reports.

Egyptian ambassador to the United States Moataz Zahran is getting ink in The WashingtonDiplomat after appearing in the publication’s live interview series.