Sisi to meet with Jewish leaders in Washington this week

Egypt's Sisi to meet with Jewish leaders in Washington this week

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet with Jewish leaders while he is in Washington for the US-Africa Leaders Summit. They are expected to discuss the Abraham Accords and 'honouring' the legacy of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

MENA

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Brooke Anderson

Washington, D.C.

14 December, 2022

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with former President Donald Trump' son in law Jared Kushner an architect of the Abraham Accords. [Getty]

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet with various Jewish leaders in Washington on Thursday, according to a by Jewish Insider.

The gathering will take place while Sisi is in the US capital for the , which is expected to draw more than 50 African delegations to Washington.

Though the exact purpose of the meeting is unclear, Jewish Insider points out that in 2019 Sisi met with an Orthodox Jewish delegation in Cairo, Ezra Friedlander. There, the lobbyist advocated for the US Congress to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Anwar Sadat, the assassinated Egyptian president who signed a peace deal with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at Camp David in 1978.

"This meeting will afford participants an opportunity to further engage in the post-Abraham Accords era," Friedlander told Jewish Insider.

News over the past several years indicate that Sisi has held multiple meetings with Jewish leaders several times, with Friedlander advocating for Sadat to be honoured with a congressional medal.