El Sisi meets Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas agreed yesterday to continue rallying international support against the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, Ittihadiya said in a statement. The two also agreed that the Palestinian reconciliation process must proceed to help the country’s position. Abbas also met with Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Cairo, Reuters reports. His visit comes as students and professors in Egypt continued to hold protests on university campuses against US President Donald Trump’s declaration, according to Al Masry Al Youm. The Palestinian president should be in Istanbul today to attend an emergency meeting at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will also attend the summit in the Turkish capital, according to a statement.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “met a firm rebuff” from several EU countries who refused to follow America’s lead in moving their embassies in Israel to Jerusalem, Reuters reports.