Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Egyptian officials with the delegation from the Palestinian Fatah Movement during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt. Photo courtesy of Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Facebook page.
The delegation, led by Fatah Secretary-General Jibril Rajoub, included Rawhi Fattouh, President of the Palestinian National Council, and Mohammad Shtayyeh, former Palestinian Prime Minister, and was in Cairo to assess the escalation in Israeli violence in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
During the meeting, Abdelatty reiterated that Israel’s belief in the power of force would create further obstacles to peaceful coexistence among the peoples of the region.
The Foreign Minister emphasized Egypt's rejection of Israel's ongoing aggression in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as its aggressive policies in the region and its use of brutal military force with no regard for international humanitarian law.
He condemned Israel’s continued extremist practices against civilians and its actions as a state that considers itself above the law, stressing that illusions of power will not bring Israel the security it imagines.
Instead, the atrocities it commits will only deepen hatred and a desire for revenge against it in the region, creating further obstacles to peaceful coexistence among the peoples of the region.
Abdelatty warned that this would have severely negative repercussions on the prospects for sustainable peace in the region, cautioning against the consequences of the shameful international silence toward what is happening in the occupied Palestinian territories.
On Friday, the Israeli Defense and Security Forum proposed dividing Gaza into "humanitarian islands" under Israeli control, a plan linked to US President Donald Trump’s 2025 call to expel Gaza’s native Palestinian population.
The Foreign Minister also discussed the Arab plan prepared by Egypt for Gaza’s reconstruction and emphasized the importance of reinforcing Palestinian unity and supporting the Palestinian Authority’s role in meeting the aspirations of the Palestinian people.
He reiterated Egypt’s stance toward a just resolution to the Palestinian issue, advocating for an independent Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Since 18 March, Israel has resumed its genocidal war on Gaza, unilaterally violating the ceasefire brokered by Egypt, Qatar, and the US, killing more than 1,200 Palestinians, including hundreds of children, and injuring nearly 3,000 others.
Since 21 January, Israeli forces have launched a wide-scale offensive on the northern West Bank, particularly in Jenin, Tulkarm, Tubas, and Nablus.
The Israeli aggression has killed 100 Palestinians, including at least 17 children, and left dozens more, including women and children, injured.
More than 40,000 people have been forcibly displaced, and hundreds of homes and vital infrastructure have been destroyed.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 906 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023.
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