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Egypt’s Sisi Warns of Region Sliding towards ‘Unprecedented’ Conflict

In this photo provided by Egypt's Presidency Media Office, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, pose for a photo, during the opening of the EU-Egypt Investment Conference in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)
In this photo provided by Egypt's Presidency Media Office, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, pose for a photo, during the opening of the EU-Egypt Investment Conference in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)
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Egypt’s Sisi Warns of Region Sliding towards ‘Unprecedented’ Conflict

In this photo provided by Egypt's Presidency Media Office, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, pose for a photo, during the opening of the EU-Egypt Investment Conference in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)
In this photo provided by Egypt's Presidency Media Office, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, pose for a photo, during the opening of the EU-Egypt Investment Conference in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged on Saturday the international community to take “serious and immediate” action to stop the region from slipping into a “new and unprecedented conflict.”

Sisi received in Cairo President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the EU-Egypt Investment Conference.

The officials underscored the “depth and strength” of Egypt-EU ties that have recently been elevated to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership, said an Egyptian presidency spokesman.

They tackled means to confront the rising regional challenges, especially the developments in Gaza and their impact on the region and its stability, he added.

Sisi stressed the need to intensify international efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid to the coastal enclave.

He reiterated Egypt’s concern over the eruption of a wider conflict in the region, urging the international community to act to stop it from happening.

Sisi and von der Leyen agreed that “reaching a comprehensive and just solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution and international resolutions will remain the best way to secure sustainable stability in the region,” said the spokesman.

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Trump’s Nominee for Ambassador to Israel Avoids Direct Answers on West Bank Annexation

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Trump’s Nominee for Ambassador to Israel Avoids Direct Answers on West Bank Annexation

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/AFP)

Mike Huckabee, facing a US Senate hearing for his confirmation as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel, is facing close questioning from Democrats on his views on the potential for Israeli annexation of the West Bank, but he avoided giving direct answers.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, asked Huckabee whether he thought it would be wrong for a Jewish settler to push a Palestinian family off land they own in the West Bank.

Huckabee, a well-known evangelical Christian, stood by past statements that Israel has a “Biblical mandate” to the land. He also responded by saying he believed in the “law being followed” and “clarity,” but also that “purchasing the land” would be a “legitimate transaction.”

Huckabee also said that any Palestinians living in an annexed West Bank would have “security” and “opportunity,” but wouldn’t answer Van Hollen’s questions about whether they would have the same legal and political rights as Jewish people.

Four pro-Palestinian demonstrators interrupted the hearing in the Senate to decry Huckabee’s ardent support for Israel.

One blew a shofar, a ram’s horn used for Jewish religious purposes, and another shouted, “I am a proud American Jew!” then “Let Palestinians live!”

Police quickly grabbed the protesters, but their shouts could still be momentarily heard in the Senate hallway.

Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas and one-time Republican presidential hopeful, has taken stances on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that sharply contradict longstanding US policy in the region.

He has spoken favorably in the past about Israel’s right to annex the occupied West Bank and has long been opposed to the idea of a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian people.

In an interview last year, he went even further, saying that he doesn’t even believe in referring to the Arab descendants of people who lived in British-controlled Palestine as “Palestinians.”