If Palestine were to be recognized as a state, Egypt could send peacekeepers to ensure that attacks launched from there against Israel stop, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi said in an interview published Sunday.
Sissi spoke to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera ahead of meetings on Monday with Italian leaders and Pope Francis.
The former army chief's visit to Italy is part of a two-nation tour that will also take him to France. The trip will be his first to Europe since he was elected president in June.
"We need to guarantee the security of Israelis, but, at the same time, we must give back hope to the Palestinians, and the best way to fuel this hope is the creation of a Palestinian state," Sissi said.
Following that step, confidence-building measures will be needed, "because Israeli security cannot be put at risk and Palestinians must stop committing serious and inconsiderate acts which, at that point, would be self-destructive," he noted.Read the rest of the story HERE. A link to a related story:
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