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Monday, February 14, 2022
Israel swoons as Egypt’s Sissi gives minister Elharrar special summit welcome
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli journalists and others are gushing over a video showing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi making a special trip across a Cairo convention hall to personally greet Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar at a conference.
The video shows Sissi enter the large hall to fanfare, welcome the convention’s guests and then put down his mic to walk to the other end of the hall where he speaks a few words to Elharar.
The video is first flagged by Walla reporter Barak Ravid, who calls it “amazing” and a “must watch.”
זה וידאו מדהים: נשיא מצרים א-סיסי נכנס לכנס האנרגיה בקהיר. כל הקהל נעמד על הרגליים ומוחא כפיים. א-סיסי חוצה את כל האולם מצד לצד כדי לברך לשלום את שרת האנרגיה הישראלית קארין אלהרר. אתם חייבים לצפות בזה???????????????????? pic.twitter.com/DR02pV6nwt
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) February 14, 2022
“Joyful, exciting and not a coincidence,” former Channel 10 news analyst Nadav Perry tweets.
Roi Kais, a correspondent for Kan, praises Sissi as “an officer and a gentleman.”
Elharrar, who uses a wheelchair, was also given special attention after infamously being unable to enter the COP 26 climate summit in Glasgow last year.
The Times of Israel Community.