Egypt between the US and Russia

With a surprising decision by the Trump Administration to cancel part of its vital assistance to Egypt in its war on terror and suspending another sanction due to what Washington said was a lack of progress on human rights, Egypt was left stunned and infuriated, vocally questioning its reliance on US support and providing Cairo with tail-wind in shifting its foreign policy toward Moscow.

To further discuss recent developments, I'm joined here in the Studio by; Former Ambassador Zvi Mazel, Research fellow at Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; and Prof. Zeev Hanin, Lecturer on the Middle East - Ariel University. Analyst Amir Oren.

Jerusalem Studio

The program offers the viewer deeper understanding about current events in Israel. The topics vary from domestic and foreign policy to social changes, archaelogy and religion.

The program is hosted by TV7 Israel News anchor Jonathan Hessen.

  • First broadcast: September 22, 2017, TV7 World
  • Episode number: 267
  • Duration: 30 min
  • Spoken languages:
  • English
  • Subtitles:
  • Finnish, Swedish