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Sisi: Egypt Will Not Play a Leading Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Moves
(Egypt Independent) In a recent speech, Egyptian President al-Sisi pointed to the range of options on the table for Israeli-Palestinian peace moves, saying that Egypt is willing to support whichever efforts lead to progress, but that Egypt would not be taking a leading role. "There is currently an Arab initiative, a French initiative, there are American efforts and there is the Quartet that are all working toward a solution to this issue. In Egypt, we do not intend on playing a leading role or to be leaders of this issue, but we are prepared to exert all efforts that will contribute to finding a solution to this problem." Hazem Abu Shanab, a senior member of Fatah's Revolutionary Council, dismissed claims last week that a three-way Cairo "summit" involving Sisi, Abbas and Netanyahu was being planned. The senior Palestinian official added that normalization of relations between Israel and Arab states at this time would be a "stab in the back" for the Palestinians.