
31/07/2025
Sisi Forced Al-Azhar to Delete Statement Condemning “Israel’s” Starvation Policy and Foreign States' Partnership in Genocide
Sources close to Cairo Al-Azhar and the presidency have revealed that Cairo ordered Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb to withdraw a statement condemning "Israel’s" starvation campaign in Gaza.
The original deleted statement described the Zionist entity as an "abhorrent occupation" and slammed its imposition of a "deliberate and lethal starvation" as "a fully fledged crime of genocide," and accused states supporting it diplomatically or with weapons as being "a partner in this act of genocide."
The original text also disavowed "the world's shameful and suspicious silence" and rejected "any call for the displacement of the people of Gaza from their land."
Al-Azhar was forced to revise its statement and claimed the deletion was voluntary and intended to preserve ceasefire talks, as the statement "could impact the ongoing negotiations regarding a humanitarian truce in Gaza to save innocent lives."
According to Middle East Eye, the order to retract the statement was issued by the office of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Despite its public rhetoric, Egypt has emerged as a central pillar of the murderous entity's wartime economy, with trade between the two surging throughout the genocide.
Six Egyptian ports – Port Said, Al-Arish, Abu Qir, Alexandria, Dekheila, and Damietta – have facilitated uninterrupted cargo movement to 'Israeli' ports, including ongoing cement shipments directly supporting Zionist construction inside occupied Palestine.
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