Bruno Finel

Two years ago, on October 7, 2023, the State of Israel woke up to a nightmare of unspeakable horror.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, as Israeli and Hamas representatives prepared to begin indirect negotiations in Egypt aimed at securing a hostage-prisoner exchange and achieving a ceasefire.

Nine Swiss activists from the self-styled “Gaza humanitarian flotilla” returned home Sunday to Geneva — not with humility or gratitude for their safe release, but with a fresh set of accusations against Israel.

This Sunday’s meeting in Cairo between Israeli and Hamas delegations - facilitated by Trump-era figures Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner - isn’t just another round of Middle East peace talks. mediation.

In recent days, Morocco has witnessed an unexpected surge of online-driven protests organized under the banner of “GENZ 212.” 

Qatar said it has begun coordination with mediator Egypt and the United States to continue talks on U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza plan to reach an end to the war, the Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson said on X.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty declared on Thursday that Hamas has “no role” in Gaza’s future, underscoring Cairo’s pivotal position as mediator in the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement.

Hamas leaders are currently engaged in tense discussions in Doha, Qatar, over a U.S.-backed peace proposal aimed at ending the war in Gaza. 

In a statement that raised more than a few eyebrows, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot declared on X that President Donald Trump’s new Gaza peace plan “explicitly draws inspiration” from ideas pushed by France and its partners at the UN just last week.

Egypt’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty “categorically” rejected "any scenarios to forcibly displace the Palestinian people", stressing “this would be a crime of ethnic cleansing,” and Egypt “will never, never be a partner in a new Nakba.”

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has rejected accusations that Cairo is complicit in the blockade of Gaza, stressing that Israel controls the Rafah crossing and must approve any entry of aid.

On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita held a series of high-level meetings with his international counterparts, focusing on two key issues: the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the question of the Moroccan Sahara.