![Officials count ballots after Palestinians living in Israel-occupied West Bank voted in the local election, which is boycotted by several Palestinian groups, at the Banat Qasm High School in Ramallah, West Bank on May 13, 2017 [Issam Rimawi / Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170513_2_23657436_22059592.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
President Mahmoud Abbas's decree setting the dates for Palestinian elections, which haven't taken place for years, is without doubt an important step towards ending the political division. Nevertheless, proposing...![Egyptian soldiers take part in a military operation in Sinai, Egypt on 1 November 2018 [Abed Rahim Khatib/ApaImages]](https://i2.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sinai.jpg?resize=500%2C333&quality=85&strip=all&zoom=1&ssl=1)
I am worried about Egypt; really worried. The solution to its problems, though, is simple: talk to Turkey and Sudan and stay away from Israel, Saudi Arabi and the...