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The talk show circuit continued to dissect Egypt-Turkey relations last night amid President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s inaugural trip as president to Turkey, in addition to rising tensions between Cairo and Tel Aviv.
The trip was widely lauded as historic: In a phone call with Sherif Amer on his show Yahduth Fi Masr, writer and political analyst Abdel Moneim Said described President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a “gathering of the wise” of the region (watch, runtime: 1:29). Meanwhile, Ahmed Moussa said on his show Ala Mas’ouleety that “this is a completely different day in Egyptian-Turkish relations. President Sisi’s visit to Ankara marks a very important beginning for what is to come between the two countries” (watch, runtime: 20:39). Faten Abdel Maaboud said on her show Salaat El Tahrir that “President Sisi’s visit to Turkey represents a new milestone in the path of strengthening relations between the two countries” (watch, runtime: 3:31). We have a full rundown of the visit in the news well above.
The talk shows once again dedicated significant airtime to rising tensions between Egyptand Israel after a high-level source told Al Qahera News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is spreading lies to cover up his failure in Gaza, adding that the Israeli PM’s claims that arms are being smuggled from Egypt to Gaza via the Philadelphi Corridor is yet another lie to justify his government’s failure to control arms smuggling from Israel to Gaza.” The source emphasized that “the Israeli government has completely lost its credibility both domestically and internationally,” pointing to “the dissatisfaction of all parties with the continued failure of the Israeli prime minister to reach a ceasefire agreement.”
“War criminal Netanyahu continues to repeat lies,” Ahmed Moussa said on Ala Mas’ouleety, calling on the Foreign Affairs Ministry to respond (watch, runtime: 7:22). He added that “Netanyahu continues to direct accusations at the Egyptian state. He and the occupation forces will be buried in the sands of Gaza.”
