Egypt’s Sissi tells U.S. Jews: Peace will help end terrorism

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Egyptian president met with representatives of American Jewish Committee in Cairo, who expressed their ‘full solidarity’ with Egypt’s fight on terror.

Ha’aretz

Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will help put an end to terror, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi told group of U.S. Jews on Monday, according to an official statement released by his government.

In a meeting with representatives of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in Cairo, Sissi said that Palestinian issue served as catalyst for people from around the region joining what he described as “terrorists organizations,” the presidential statement said.

According to the statement, Sissi said that international assurances were needed to encourage Israel to reach a deal with the Palestinians and foster hope among Palestinians to support peace.

According to the president’s statement, Egypt thinks the international community should concentrate its efforts on fighting “terrorism” in the region and in Africa, where he said religion is also increasingly used to reach political goals.

The Jewish group stressed the important strategic role Egypt can play in the region and expressed its support for developing the Arab’s world most populous country.

The AJC offered its condolences to Egypt in wake of the deadly string of attacks in the restive Sinai region on July 1, expressing “full solidarity” with Egypt in “countering terrorism.”

Security sources within Egypt told Reuters on Sunday that troops had killed 63 suspected Islamists in Sinai in wake of the deadly attack that saw more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers die in simultaneous assaults on military positions in the peninsula.

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