Why Egypt can't criticize Israel for at least another two decades

Why Egypt can't criticize Israel for at least another two decades

In early August, Israeli energy company NewMed announced a record-breaking $35 billion deal to supply natural gas to Egypt, nearly tripling its current imports and binding Cairo’s energy future to its neighbor until at least 2040. Though Egyptian officials were quick to frame this not as a new agreement but as an “amendment” to a 2019 deal, the sheer scale of the deal — the largest in Israel’s export history — is indicative of a deepening and da…

Elfadil Ibrahim: Why Egypt can't criticize Israel for at least another two decades - Brave New Europe

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