Cairo’s Isolation Reaches a Tectonic Shift as President Sisi Legitimises Armed Struggle
Khaled Hassan | The Grand Strategy | Jul 01, 2025
In a televised, pre-recorded address marking the 12th anniversary of Egypt’s 30 June revolution against the Muslim Brotherhood rule of Egypt, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi crossed a red line he had steadfastly avoided for 11 years, since he assumed office in 2014: he formally legitimised armed “resistance” against Israel. But to grasp the seismic nature of this shift, we must first contextualise his desperation.
“The continuation of war and occupation won’t produce peace, but feeds a cycle of hatred, and violence, and opens the doors of vengeance and resistance which will not be shut. So, enough violence, and killing, and hatred, and enough occupation and forced relocation, and homelessness.”

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