Egypt’s Delays UNSC Vote on Contentious Israel Resolution After Trump Voices Opposition
(CNSNews.com) – In an unusual turn of events, Egypt on Thursday abruptly delayed its plan to call for a vote on a U.N. Security Council resolution critical of Israel [1], after President-elect Donald Trump tweeted his opposition to the measure.
The unexpected development sparked a flurry of conjecture, with unnamed officials and diplomatic “sources” claiming variously that Israel had put pressure on Egypt not to proceed, or that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had been reluctant to antagonize Trump.
Some suggested that Israeli officials had reached out to Trump, and Reuters quoted an Egyptian presidency official as saying Trump and Sisi had spoken by phone.
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