Egypt Could Send Troops to a Palestinian State to Help Out
Egypt would be ready to lend a hand in securing a future Palestinian state by sending in troops that could help out local police and offer Israel security guarantees, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a newspaper interview.
Sisi, who is visiting Italy and France this week, told Italian daily Corriere della Sera:
“We are prepared to send military forces inside a Palestinian state. They would help the local police and reassure Israelis in their role as guarantors,” he said.
Sisi, who is scheduled to meet Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday, said any such troop deployment would only be for the time needed to restore trust between the sides.
Sisi said he had spoken at length of the idea with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as well as with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
This article appeared in print on page 8 of edition of Hamodia.
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