Haviv Rettig Gur

A really interesting discussion with The Times of Israel's Haviv Rettig Gur on the Trump and the Egyptian plans for rebuilding Gaza.

His opinion on Egypt is pretty scathing ...

Israelis don't care about what the Egyptian foreign minister says. Egypt is essentially a failed state that is in freefall right now economically, it's radicalizing religiously, and it's led by a corrupt military dictatorship that is profoundly weak and driving the economy into the dust. It can barely feed its 120 million population and it pretends to be ready to go to war with Israel just to show them that the regime itself is still strong. A country that is radicalizing to the point where 80% of Egyptian girls now undergo female genital mutilation is not a country that can come to Israel and pretend to be competent enough for the Israelis to take seriously their moral objections over Gaza ...