Gilad Wenig

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“US could already have begun to put its financial leverage over Egypt to use in the first days of the Gaza campaign. Egyptian reports suggest that the US offered financial incentives including debt relief to Egypt in exchange for accepting such a plan, which Sisi allegedly rejected. While the accuracy of these claims is uncertain, their circulation in the Egyptian press likely aims to reaffirm Egypt's long-standing stance on resettlement and rehabilitate Sisi's image as a defender of Palestinian rights. It is worth recalling that [former president and Muslim Brotherhood member] Mohamed Morsi was accused of colluding with Hamas in a land-sale and resettlement deal in the Sinai after being deposed by Sisi in 2013.”

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PhD candidate in sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles