Sharif Abdel Kouddous
The Nation
November 20, 2012
Rafah, Egypt
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is walking a political tightrope
amidst Israel’s assault on Gaza, balancing the need to appease domestic
anger whilst keeping foreign relations with Washington and Tel Aviv on
an even keel. Just this morning, Morsi expressed optimism that a
cease-fire was in the works, as Cairo hosted US Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton.
In recent weeks, Egypt had been trying to negotiate a truce between
Hamas and Israel amid an upsurge in violence between the two sides
sparked by Israel’s killing of a 12-year-old boy in Gaza earlier this
month. After Palestinian militant groups agreed to an informal
cease-fire last Monday, Israel shattered two days of quiet by
assassinating Ahmed Jabari—the head of Hama’s military wing—and launched
its most intensive bombing campaign on the territory in four years.
Hamas responded by launching hundreds of rockets into southern Israel.
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