Analyst: Sisi is a new ‘friend’ of UK
Egypt under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who arrived in London on Thursday on a state visit, is a new “friend” of the UK after choking the entry of basic goods into the Gaza Strip, an analyst says.
The alliance is in line with the UK policy of supporting Israel and dictatorial regimes “kowtowing” to the West, former US Marine Ken O’Keefe told Press TV.
“If nothing else in the UK policy is consistent, then we have to look at Sisi who is maintaining an Egyptian blockade of Gaza to the shame of the Egyptian people and the Arab nations as a whole," he said on "The Debate."
Israel is the West's best friend and ally in the Middle East despite “many decades of violence by this monstrosity of a government violating Palestinian rights in the most obscene of ways," O'Keefe said.
“And then we look to one of our next best friends and allies, if not our second closest ally in the region, and that would be Saudi Arabia whom we sell massive amounts of arms to and those weapons are used right now to pummel the poorest people in that region in Yemen,” he added.
O’Keefe took an issue with Egypt’s recent decision to vote in favor of Israel in the United Nations for the first time.
“I don’t know of anybody in the Arab world and in Muslims who would actually support that kind of vote. It would certainly go against the will of the people in his own country and throughout the region and, in fact, around the world.
“So, why in the world Sisi would vote in favor of Israel for anything quite frankly unless there was something personal to gain,” he said.
Chairman of the Egyptian Community Association in the UK Mustafa Ragab, based in London, disputed those arguments.
“Egypt has never supported Israel and will never support Israel,” he said.
He said the Egyptian people are the ones who have suffered the most from the Palestinian cause in recent decades.
Ragab also touched on demonstrations held in London in support of el-Sisi and those against his visit, claiming that most of Egyptian community in the UK backed the current political establishment in Cairo.
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