Sunday December 5, 2021
I've Been Thinking:

As tensions between Hamas and Israel heat, up Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid travelled to Egypt to meet with his counterpart and other government officials.
This was a critical move.

Egypt is the go between for Hamas and Israel.

It’s not that Hamas and Egypt are the best of friends, they’re not even allies. But their relationship is good enough to send and receive messages and to host indirect talks.

Israel, through Lapid, is sending a message to Hamas, through Egypt.

That message is: Stand Down. Do Not embark on a campaign to draw Israel into a conflict. Because if you don’t stand down and if you do draw Israel into conflict, that conflict will cause tremendous pain and tremendous losses to Gaza.
Egypt is doing its job – Hamas has been warned.

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