Palestinian Cause on the right track for solution, MPs

CAIRO – 19 September 2017: Intensive talks carried out by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi with Palestinian and Israeli leaders at his residence in New York city where the Egyptian leader is scheduled to attend the 72nd United Nations General Assembly meeting on Tuesday.

During his meeting with the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Sisi stressed that the Palestinian Cause will always top the Egyptian foreign policy’s priorities, stressing that Cairo will continue its efforts to reach conciliation between Palestinian factions, the Egyptian Presidential spokesperson, Alaa Youssef, said.

It came after Hamas movement had announced on Sunday the dissolving of the administrative committee at Gaza Strip, inviting the Government of National Reconciliation to assume its duties and hold general elections.

The movement affirmed that it would comply with the Social Reconciliation Accord signed with Fatah in 2011.

Regarding Sisi’s visit to New York, MP Osama Abu al-Magd, member of the National Defense and Security Committee in the Parliament, said that the Egyptian-Israeli meeting in New York reflects the Egyptian political leadership’s keenness to resolve the Palestinian Cause peacefully and use diplomacy to protect the region from further conflicts.

PM Hamada al-Qast, member of the National Defense and Security Committee in the parliament, agreed with his colleague, pointing out that Egypt exerts great efforts to reach a solution that satisfies all parties.

"Egypt spares no effort to solve the Palestinian Cause," said al-Qast.

He added that President Sisi is expected to tackle the Palestinian-Israeli peace process during his scheduled meeting with the US President Donald Trump in New York to develop a joint vision on the issue.

MP Osama Radi, deputy of the National Defense and Security Committee in the parliament, stressed that Egypt is a key partner in the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and will play the main role in any future agreements in the region concerning Israel and Palestine.

He added that the instability of the Palestinian conditions threatens Egypt's national security, so the Egyptian political leadership should use the recent Palestinian-Palestinian reconciliation to make radical changes in the region’s long-time conflict.

“We have to reach a fair solution for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and neglect those who refuse to sit down with Israel because the Palestinian Cause affects the Egyptian national security which appears clearly in Sinai now," Radi said.