Hot take: Bennett heads to Egypt as Iran talks wrap up in Vienna
Bennett boosts profile as mediator. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Tuesday in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh for a trilateral summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, just weeks after his surprise visit to Moscow to help mediate Russia’s war on Ukraine (as we reported here). While the crisis in Ukraine was among the topics discussed, anger from the Gulf over US efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal dominated the agenda. Though Saudi officials weren’t physically present in Sharm el-Sheikh, “their views were well represented, with their anger and fear over the imminent deal with Iran echoing Israel’s,” scoops Ben Caspit in his article on the summit.
