Israel-Palestine conflict: Israeli PM Bennett visits Egyptian president, the first meeting between leaders of both countries in a decade

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for talks anticipated to handle the Israeli-Palestinian battle in a landmark assembly – the primary official journey by an Israeli chief to Egypt in a decade.

Bennett, the top of the far-left Yamina occasion who took workplace in June, met the Egyptian president on Monday, September 13, within the Crimson Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula.

The discussions are anticipated to handle “methods and efforts to revive the peace course of” between Israel and Palestine, Egypt’s presidency stated in an announcement.

Bennett and el-Sisi are additionally anticipated to debate regional points, together with Iran’s affect within the Center East and the disaster in Lebanon, the Israeli authorities has stated.

Bennett’s predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, was the final Israeli prime minister to make an official go to to Egypt in 2011 whereas the late Hosni Mubarak was president .

The battle like state of affairs within the Gaza Strip is prone to be on the high of Monday’s agenda.

Israel, with Egypt’s assist, has maintained a good blockade over Gaza because the Palestinian group Hamas started governing the territory in 2007.

In 1979, Egypt grew to become the primary Arab nation to signal a peace treaty with Israel.

In 2020, Donald Trump ensured Israel signed peace offers with Bahrain, Jordan and the UAE generally known as the Abraham Accords.