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‘Egypt will again never be our enemy,’ says Israel’s ambassador to Cairo
March 4, 2016

Israel’s Ambassador to Egypt, Haim Koren said Thursday that despite the recent controversy over his meeting with an Egyptian parliamentarian, Egypt and Israel would never again be enemies. Speaking to BBC Arabic, Koren said that while Tawfiq Okasha, an Egyptian politician and talk show host was expelled from parliament following the meeting, the incident would not affect Israel-Egypt relations….Although Egypt became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, their ties have been formally cold over Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians. Egypt’s political elite remains hostile to any normalization of ties with Israel… READ MORE