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The Cairo Peace Summit dominated last night’s talk show coverage, with the nation’s hosts unpacking the day’s events.
El Sisi “expressed what Palestinian citizens want,” Palestinian presidential advisor Mahmoud Al Habbas said on Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 9:26) while discussing the president's speech to the Cairo Peace Summit. Al Habbash appeared on several other programs through the night including Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 4:28) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 10:07).
But why no final statement? “A number of countries insist on condemning one party with the utmost force and not condemning the other party. … Some believe that there is now no room to talk about a ceasefire,” Egyptian presidential spokesperson Ahmed Fahmy told Sky News Arabia (watch, runtime: 1:04). Fahmy also discussed the summit on Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 2:03 | 9:07). Lamees El Hadidi also touched on the subject during Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 8:34).
The president of the European Council got caught in El Hadidi’s crosshairs: The queen of late-night talk demanded that president of the European Council Charles Michel respond to accusations of double standards in dealing with the war in Gaza. “We have a clear position,” Michel responded, adding that “we condemned the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas against the Israeli people. Israel has a right to defend itself but in accordance with and within the limits of international humanitarian law. We reach out to the American administration to urge Israel to respect the rules of International law.” (Watch, runtime: 2:19 | 2:02 | 4:23).
“Famine will begin in Gaza” if more aid does not pour in, UN World Food Program spokesperson Abeer Atifa told Kelma Akhira, adding that “what has so far entered the Gaza Strip is a drop in the bucket of what the population needs” (watch, runtime: 6:45). UNICEF Egypt’s Jeremy Hopkins told El Hekaya that the UN “is trying to provide safe passage for food and aid to reach the Gaza Strip” (watch, runtime: 7:45). The WHO’s regional director said that Gaza is heading towards a catastrophic situation that may be difficult to control (watch, runtime: 9:22).
Rumors of Qatar’s early exit denied: “The Qatari Emir participated in the Cairo Peace Summit and left, normally,”the Egyptian presidential spokesperson said on Ala Masouleety, denying rumors of fraught disagreements and tensions (watch, runtime: 3:10). Amr Adib noted that a video circulating of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani exiting the summit prior to the Secretary-General of the League of Arab’s speech was from 2019 (watch, runtime: 4:24).
ALSO- S&P downgrade: S&P Global Rating downgraded our sovereign credit rating to B- from B due to the delay in financial and structural reforms along with the threat of rampant inflation on Egypt’s growth expectations, economist Medhat Nafie told El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 9:26).
