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Could Israel help Egypt break Nile dam deadlock?​

A former diplomat's suggestion for Egypt to appeal to Israel to help break the deadlock over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has sparked controversy in Egypt.

An Egyptian veteran diplomat’s call to resort to Israel in the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) raised much controversy and was met with rejection by a number of Egyptian writers and politicians who accused Tel Aviv of supporting Ethiopia in exchange for receiving a share of the Nile River water.

In an interview on TV show “Yahdoth fi Masr” ("Happening in Egypt"), broadcast on the Saudi-owned satellite channel MBC July 13, Moustafa Feki, director of the Library of Alexandria, called on the concerned parties to resort to Israel to resolve the dispute over the GERD, which Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River, amid the stalled decade long negotiations on the dam between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.

Feki said Israel has influence over Ethiopia, Russia and the United States, and may therefore hold some sway over the GERD crisis. He recommended that Cairo resort to unconventional solutions to pressure Ethiopia into reaching a binding legal agreement over water management of the GERD that takes into account Egyptian concerns.

Israel denied accusations of siding with Ethiopia on the GERD crisis. In a July 18 statement issued by the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Tel Aviv refuted its involvement in the dam crisis, asserting that it stands at an equal distance to all parties to the crisis. The embassy affirmed Israel has enough water to meet its needs. It continued that the government and people of Israel are concerned with the stability of Egypt and the safety of its citizens.

The continuous attempts of the African Union (AU) since June 2020 to broker a deal to end the stalemate in the negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the GERD have repeatedly failed. The last round of talks was in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in April. No agreement was reached on relaunching the negotiations. Rather, the parties exchanged accusations of obstructing talks.

Since then, the hostile diplomatic rhetoric between the three countries has escalated, culminating in a session of the United Nations Security Council July 8 at the request of Egypt and Sudan. The step to take the matter to the Security Council in an attempt to settle the dispute came amid growing fears of a military conflict in an already volatile region.

Days before the Security Council session, Ethiopia had already begun filling the GERD reservoir for the second year. This unilateral move was condemned by the two downstream countries.

On July 19, Ethiopia announced that it has completed the second-year filling target of its huge dam, and the plant may start generating power in the next few months

Egypt and Sudan had their hopes pinned on a Security Council resolution to push for an agreement to resolve the tripartite contentious issues, including an agreement on filling and operating the dam. This did not happen. The permanent members of the Security Council contented themselves with expressing their support for the mediation of the AU to resolve the differences between the three countries.

Meanwhile, the Security Council has yet to decide on a draft resolution submitted by Tunisia calling for a binding agreement between the three countries on filling and operating the dam within six months. The draft provides that Ethiopia shall abstain from unilaterally continuing to fill the GERD. Ethiopia opposes any intervention by the Security Council and considers it as lacking capacity in this dispute.

Rebuking criticism against the proposal to involve Israel in the GERD crisis, Feki argued that there is no idealism in politics and Egypt is paying the price for its extremely idealistic foreign positions.

He also stressed the importance of the AU's demand for Ethiopia to stop unilateral measures and negotiate an agreement within a time period ranging from six months to a year.

Feki noted that the peace agreement signed between Egypt and Israel in 1979 stipulates that neither party will take a hostile action against the other. Given the specificity of Ethiopian-Israeli relations, he reckoned Egypt expected Israel to understand its just demands in the waters of the Nile.

In addition, he called for exploiting the peace agreement, which Egypt has yet to tap into, to serve the just Egyptian stance over the Nile water issue. He believes Israel can pressure Ethiopia in light of their strong historical relations.

Observers believe Egypt is under a water blockade from Ethiopia, with Israel acting as a stout supporter by supplying Addis Ababa with equipment, expertise and defensive weapons in a bid to perpetuate pressure on Egypt. Israel, however, has always denied supporting Ethiopia at the expense of Egypt.

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Could Israel help Egypt break Nile dam deadlock?

A former diplomat's suggestion for Egypt to appeal to Israel to help break the deadlock over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has sparked controversy in Egypt.
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