Overview
- U.S. officials are working to broker the first public Netanyahu–Sisi meeting in years after a prolonged freeze in top-level contact.
- American envoys told Israel that endorsing a strategic gas agreement for Egypt is a prerequisite to secure Sisi’s participation.
- Egypt approved the plan in July, but Israel has not ratified it, with sources citing Israeli political calculations and a preference to sign at a public event.
- The proposed deal could supply roughly a quarter of Egypt’s electricity, and U.S. energy company Chevron is a partner in the relevant field.
- Netanyahu has quietly assembled a team to prepare concrete economic deliverables as part of a broader U.S.-backed push to rebuild Israeli–Arab ties through trade and energy, with Jared Kushner urging a focus on economic diplomacy.