{"id":607652,"date":"2023-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/10\/08\/violence-in-israel-gaza-presidential-election-dominates-the-talk-shows\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"violence-in-israel-gaza-presidential-election-dominates-the-talk-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/10\/08\/violence-in-israel-gaza-presidential-election-dominates-the-talk-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence in Israel + Gaza, presidential election dominates the talk shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

War in Israel and Gaza dominated last night\u2019s coverage: <\/strong>Hamas\u2019 attack on Israel yesterday received blanket coverage across the airwaves. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Amr Adib on El Hekaya that the attack came in response to the Israeli authorities' occupation of Palestinian land and displacement of Palestinian people (watch, runtime: 12:07<\/a>). Mahmoud Al Habbash, advisor to the Palestinian president, appeared on Mohamed Sherdy\u2019s Al Hayah Al Youm to discuss the latest developments of the conflict (watch, runtime: 6:04<\/a>). <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing difficult days,\u201d <\/strong> said Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid during an interview with Osama Kamal on Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 7:42<\/a>), during which he detailed Egypt\u2019s efforts alongside the international community to de-escalate the ongoing violence.<\/p>\n

An unexpected attack: <\/strong>The operation \u201csurprised Israeli intelligence forces, arriving at an unforeseen moment,\u201d Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi said, before debating whether the war could pull in actors from Lebanon and Syria (watch, runtime: 4:09<\/a> | 6:56<\/a>). The attack received widespread coverage from El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 6:59<\/a>), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 2:45<\/a>) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:57<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Election 2023: <\/strong>Talk about the December presidential poll was again prominent on last night\u2019s talk shows. A press conference by Sisi campaign chairman Mahmoud Fawzy got airtime from Ahmed Moussa on Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 36:28<\/a>), as well as from El Hadidi on Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 33:26<\/a>) and Sherdy on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 4:04<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Other candidates could be on the way: <\/strong> Head of the Dostour Party Gameela Ismail has received the required number of recommendations to join the ballot, while former MP Ahmed Tantawi is still trying to collect the requisite signatures, Adib added (watch, runtime: 3:24<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The House of Representatives\u2019 response to the Europea <\/strong> n Parliament\u2019s statement regarding presidential elections in Egypt <\/strong> also got screen time from Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 4:06<\/a> | 13:06<\/a>), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 29:38<\/a>) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 2:08<\/a>). We have more in the news well above.<\/p>\n

The economy was near the bottom of the priority list last night: <\/strong><\/p>\n