Egypt Parliament Revokes Membership of MP Who Met Israeli Envoy
- Tawfiq Okasha met the Israeli ambassador in February
- Egypt was first Arab country to make peace with Israel in 1979
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Egyptian lawmakers voted to revoke the membership of a lawmaker for meeting the Israeli ambassador, state media reported on Wednesday, underscoring the frosty nature of peace between the two countries almost four decades after the Camp David accords.
Tawfiq Okasha, a television talk-show host and a supporter of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, will be stripped of his seat after more than two-thirds of the legislature’s 596 members voted to expel him, the state-run Ahram Gate news website reported. The vote comes three days days after Okasha was struck with a shoe wielded by a colleague protesting what was seen as an attempt to normalize relations with Israel.