It is entirely unclear whether this previously cozy relationship will become transactional—or frosty.
Hours after President Donald Trump revealed plans to ask Egypt to enable Palestinian refugees looking to escape the war to enter the Sinai Peninsula from Gaza, Cairo's Foreign Ministry issued a firm rejection of the proposal.
It is clear that Egypt looked the other way on Hamas smuggling to the Gaza Strip by way of the Sinai Peninsula. The tunnel and over-land smuggling that took place in the years leading up to 2023 clearly helped Hamas prepare for the Oct. 7 slaughter. The Biden administration largely shielded Egypt from criticism on this front. Israel did, too, for fear of destabilizing its oldest peace agreement in the Middle East.
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