Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is coming under increasing pressure to take a stronger stance on the atrocities unfolding in Gaza. It has take the Egyptian leader months to condemn Israel's actions and he has held firm to the view that Egypt “will not be a gateway for the displacement of the Palestinian people”.  A $USD35 billion gas deal with Israel may hold some clues to the complicated relationship between the two countries. 

• GUEST: Farid Y. Farid, AAP journalist formerly based in Egypt with AFP. 
• PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer