The war between Israel and Hamas has been raging for over 10 months. More than 40,000 deaths and 90,000 injuries later, the Gaza Strip remains torn apart by the fighting.
And even as other countries—particularly the United States and Egypt—are working around the clock to establish ceasefire deals between the two sides, tension is rising outside the Middle East. In recent weeks, the Egyptian government media has published multiple articles expressing the opinion that both Israel and the United States are responsible for creating the world’s most notorious terrorist organizations.
The two allies are, according to some journalists, the masterminds behind terror groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The articles come as Egypt continues its mediation efforts in the Middle East, and most recently expressed concern that the Palestinian terror group Hamas will not agree to the terms of the latest ceasefire proposal, which was agreed to by Israel.
Meanwhile, in government media, Egyptian journalist Sa’id Shalash wrote a column that very bluntly expressed his belief that terror organizations like ISIS were “established by the U.S.” and Israel. He further argued that the two nations support these groups materially and financially and “dictate their policy.”
Shalash maintains that this is the reason why terrorist groups have “intensified” attacks against Arab groups in Syria, where American troops are deployed—in other words, where the terror masterminds of the United States government “train and arm” the groups in their alleged effort “to divide Syria.”
Similarly, fellow journalist Muhammad Hassan Al-Banna wrote another government media column which declared “violence and terrorism” as “an American-Israeli product.” He argued that “history proves” these two countries are involved in the establishment of the world’s worst terror groups, noting that American cinema displays the “invented” violence which come from what he says Israel and the United States developed in real life.
Al-Banna then got personal, citing acts of terror and violence that occurred in the United States. He listed the 1963 John F. Kennedy assassination along with the 2024 attempted assassination of Donald Trump. But perhaps most upsetting was the accusation that the group Al-Qaeda—which is responsible for the September 11, 2001, hijacking attack on American landmarks—was “created by the U.S.”
Masterminds of the nation’s worst terror attack remain under prosecution almost 23 years later, as the United States recently offered and then rescinded a plea deal to the suspected leaders, who have been in prison at Guantanamo Bay since their arrest decades ago.
But Al-Banna didn’t stop with his accusations of America. He ripped into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allowing his military to launch a controversial, constant attack of the Gaza Strip. Though doing so with the intention of destroying Hamas, the Jewish leader has been called upon by other world leaders—even warned by America, his country’s long-time ally—to consider the drastic impact the war is having on innocent civilians in Palestine.
The journalist added in his column a warning to both “the Jews” as well as “the Americans.” He suggested that, as they “create the terrorism,” the leaders of such violence “will turn on you” later. He also added that the recent assassination attempt of Trump “may be a warning bell” that will lead them to “accept the peace” promoted by Egypt.
