Relations between Israel and Egypt are tense; Tel Aviv’s fear of Cairo’s contacts with Sana’a

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, an informed Egyptian source informed about the calls between Cairo and Yemen’s Ansarullah and the sensitivity of the Zionist regime regarding the content of these calls and said: “Calls between Cairo and the Houthi [Ansarallah] group in Yemen Through security channels, while the group’s operations in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab strait had intensified, Egypt asked the leadership of this movement to increase the level of military operations due to the decrease in ship traffic in the Suez Canal and the emergence of negative consequences in revenue. reduce this channel”.

This source clarified in an interview with al-Arabi al-Jadeed: “The authorities in Cairo suggested to this group that their operations be discontinuous and irregular, especially that the message that the Houthis wanted by targeting ships connected to Israel or ships that were moving towards the ports of the occupied territories, it has reached the whole region and the world”. In not joining the American-British coalition against Yemen, Egypt rejected this request.

Tel Aviv’s dissatisfaction with Cairo’s contacts with Sanaa

This knowledgeable Egyptian source stated that Ansarullah assured Cairo through security channels once again that it would only target ships associated with the Israeli regime, and Cairo also emphasized that it seeks to reduce the negative effects of attacks in the Red Sea on Suez Canal revenues. But Tel Aviv strongly expressed dissatisfaction with making these calls and considered it in line with intensifying the blockade of its ports. At a time when the occupying regime has resumed pumping natural gas to Egypt, both for use in the local market and for export to Europe, according to the contract it signed with Cairo.

This source He went on to say that Cairo had even expressed concern in messages to Iran about the escalation of the economic crisis in Egypt in the event of the development of Ansarullah attacks in the Red Sea and demanded that Tehran play a role in reducing tension in the Red Sea.

It was in this direction that Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry held Israel responsible for the current crisis in the Red Sea in a joint press conference with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan and announced that the root of this crisis The Israeli regime’s encroachment on the Gaza Strip and demanded to confront and control the main roots of the crisis.

According to the report of the United Nations Trade and Development Organization (UNCTAD), the volume of trade through the Suez Canal has decreased by 42% in the last two months due to security tensions in the Red Sea. It comprises 12% of the world trade volume, and the number of weekly container ship transits has decreased by 67% compared to last year.

At the level of the current consultations about the second day after the end of the war, in which Egypt is also present, a source Another source said: “Egyptian Public Information Service officials arranged a meeting last week in Cairo, in which a high-ranking official of the Palestinian Authority and the leaders of the Hamas movement met, during which they discussed ending the war, the differences between the two sides and They discussed the possibility of future cooperation in the management of the Gaza Strip.

According to this report, the two sides also discussed the possibility of holding suspended elections in the Palestinian territories, the future of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and the opportunities of Hamas and Jihad for They discussed joining it after the end of the war.

Another official informed source told al-Arabi al-Jadeed that the escalation of tension between Tel Aviv and Cairo, which defends the Israeli regime at the International Court of Justice to avoid the charges against it and blame it on preventing the entry of aid He showed humanitarianism to the Gaza strip on the neck of Cairo, or the accusation of helping Hamas to smuggle weapons through the Sinai desert and then asking for open military operations in the Philadelphia axis, these are things that show the fear and apprehension of the Israeli regime from the negotiations between Cairo and Sana’a for some time. The latter is not separate and is related to it.

Vice President of Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Research, Amr Hashem Rabi, said about the issue of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, that Egypt’s policy is based on understanding, and this prevents aid from entering the Gaza Strip directly. . Therefore, the deconstruction of Cairo in this context and the introduction of aid without the coordination of the Israeli side will be considered as a provocative action by the occupying regime.

This is possible by bringing in humanitarian aid against Israel’s will through tunnels closed by the Egyptians. Therefore, we must reopen them, not to bring weapons, but to send the humanitarian aid needed by the Palestinian people, while Israel will not be able to react in this regard.”

Egyptian politician Mohamed Anwar Sadat says: “Egypt knows that Israel is lurking and does not want to expose our people in Rafah or humanitarian medical convoys to any risk of bombing. Therefore, aid should be with mutual agreement and coordination to prevent more casualties. Egypt understands everything that is being said and knows that it has a great role and responsibility, but it does not want to take risks or adventures so as not to put more innocent lives at risk.”

He added: “The same thing is happening now in terms of understandings and consultations about the Philadelphia axis, the message of Egypt is clear that the Israeli side is not allowed to control this axis or have a military presence in it with heavy equipment.” but it is possible to assure Israel in other ways that no weapons are smuggled from this axis, for example by using remote monitoring and sensing devices.” According to Egyptian analyst Ammar Fayed. Cairo adheres to a rigid hypothesis, which is that it should deal with the Gaza Strip as an occupied area, so it deals with the Gaza Strip in coordination with the occupying authority. Hamas’s sovereignty is not over the Gaza Strip, but the lack of political separation between Gaza and the West Bank.

He explains: “Before the war, this was politically understandable, but now Insisting on the delivery of aid by sending it through the Rafah crossing to Kerem Shalom crossing in order to be inspected by the occupying authorities and given permission to enter Gaza, will reduce the level and quality of aid. Of course, there is another factor that makes Egypt adhere to these arrangements and be afraid of making a decision to allow trucks to enter directly through the Rafah crossing, and that is that Israel has warned that in this case it will bombard the trucks and the Rafah crossing. , what he has done before”.

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