Political experts take over the airwaves: From Israeli studies professor Mohamed Aboud and the Arab League’s Hossam Zaki to former foreign minister Nabil Fahmy, everyone had something to say about the situation in Gaza.

The experts weigh in on the situation in Gaza: Israel has had a plan to get rid of the over 2 mn Palestinians in Gaza and to push displaced Palestinains into Sinai for years, former foreign minister Nabil Fahmy told Masa’a DMC (watch, runtime: 7:31), referencing a plan that Egypt has publicly objected to many times throughout recent decades. Professor of Israeli studies Mohamed Aboud touched on the same topic on Ala Maso’uleety, and told viewers that Israel is trying to persuade Egypt into taking in Gazans by offering to invest large sums in the economy and offering to solve our water crisis using Israeli technology. (watch, runtime: 3:08).

The Arab League is meeting on Saturday: Arab foreign ministers are getting together tomorrow ahead of the Arab League’s emergency meeting scheduled for Saturday, Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki told El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 17:33). “The final decision will have the basic outline of the Arab political stance regarding the war in Gaza, which will cover issues like the need for a ceasefire and the need to prevent the displacement of Gazans,” he added. The meeting comes after host country Saudi Arabia postponed the fifth edition of the Arab-African Summit initially scheduled for Saturday and it will be followed by an extraordinary Islamic Summit hosted by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Could Israel’s ownership of nuclear weapons come up in the meeting? “We need the Arab League to make moves to push Israel to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,” Ala Maso’uleety’s Ahmed Moussa said (watch, runtime: 7:53). His comments come following an Israeli minister’s threat to wipe out Gaza with nuclear weapons. Arab League head Ahmed Aboul Gheit has sent letters to the UN, its Security Council, and the Chinese government, in which he expressed his concern regarding the Israeli minister’s comments and the country’s ownership of nuclear weapons.

Sisi x CIA: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met yesterday with CIA Director William Burns, who stopped in Egypt during his regional tour focused on the situation in Gaza and the release of the roughly 200 people behind held hostage. We have the details in this morning's War Watch, above. “According to my personal analysis, this meeting will change the US stance,” Moussa said (watch, runtime: 7:43). Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 1:31) also had coverage.

Speaking of the US: US President Joe Biden has been pushing the Israeli government to commit to a three-day truce, a move that was shrugged off by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies head Khaled Okasha on Yahduth Fi Masr. “The three-day tactical truce proposed comes with the aim of Hamas releasing 10-15 hostages and compiling a database of the hostages being held,” Okasha explained to host Sherif Amer (watch, runtime: 5:39).

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