Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 25.03.2025
Instead of supporting the Palestinians in Gaza and providing them with weapons in harsh talks held by senior Egyptian officials with senior Hamas officials, the Egyptian tone became much more threatening – among other things, if they do not agree to the mediation proposal – the Rafah crossing will be closed. In addition Al Sisi that took power in a coup backed by Israel and the USA further threatens Hamas that the freed Palestinians from the Israeli jails that now live in hotels will be sent to jail and be exiled to another state.
The threats from the Egyptian side are mainly conducted by intelligence chief Hassan Rashad. On Friday, he and his crew met with a delegation of senior Hamas officials in Cairo. They announced that they did not accept the Egyptian proposal that had been given to them the day before, and demanded changes and guarantees for the Zionist army withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip.
According to two sources involved in the negotiations, the conversation was difficult and Rashad promised that they would hear from him again. In the subsequent talks on Saturday and Sunday, the Egyptian tone became much more threatening. Senior Hamas officials, from the leadership that is mostly based in Doha, received warnings from the Egyptians, including the harshest ones.
Among other things, the Egyptians threatened that if Hamas continued to oppose the Egyptian mediation proposal, the Rafah crossing would be closed, meaning that there would no longer be an exit route for wounded and sick Gazans, and the only crossing for people from the Gaza Strip would be closed.
In the next conversation, the threat has already passed on to the released Palestinian prisoners; several hundred of them, defined by the Zionists as the heaviest terrorists, are in hotels in Cairo until they are transferred to a third country, a move that is delayed because there are not many countries that volunteer for this. The Egyptians threatened to imprison these terrorists in the first stage and immediately afterwards to deport them from Egypt.
Down with Al Sisi’s bloody regime! Down with the Zionist monster and American imperialism!
Arabs get rid of the local traitors by the Arab revolution!
Israel out of Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria!
For Palestine, red and free from the river to the sea!