Cairo hosts Islamic Jihad summit as incentive for truce talks
Egypt has hosted critical meetings for Hamas and now the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's political bureau both to promote its own role as mediator and as a reward for participating in cease-fire agreements.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — For the first time since its members were elected in September 2018, Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s political bureau held a plenary meeting in Cairo Dec. 3. The summit follows the Egypt-mediated Nov. 14 cease-fire agreement with Israel and Israeli reports that Egypt is making efforts toward a long-term truce agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Members of Islamic Jihad's political bureau arrived in Cairo Dec. 3 from the Gaza Strip and other Arab and Islamic countries, led by Islamic Jihad Secretary General Ziad al-Nakhaleh. In December 2012, Israel denied Nakhaleh entry to the Gaza Strip, when he served as deputy secretary general of the movement, threatening to assassinate him if he does.
