{
  "id": 12620755,
  "title": "‘There will be no Tel Aviv’: Egyptians threaten Israel following Smotrich Sinai comments",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/there-will-be-no-tel-aviv-egyptians-threaten-israel-following",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T12:12:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910910"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Recent comments by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have sparked Egyptian threats against Israel and its capital, Tel Aviv. Smotrich told Haredi news site Hashtiblach that Israel would destroy Sinai if Egypt attacked, asserting that \"there will be no Sinai\" and \"no Menachem Begin\" to make peace again. Former Egyptian PM Menachem Begin signed the historic Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in 1979, leading to Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. Smotrich said Egypt is \"an open playground\" and that they are not welcome back. Egyptian media, including TV hosts Ahmed Moussa and Amr Adib, vehemently condemned Smotrich's remarks, vowing that \"there will be no Tel Aviv, no Ben-Gurion Airport, and no Netanyahu\" if Israel attacked. Egyptian political science professor Hamed Fares described Smotrich's comments as a reflection of political adolescent behavior and ignorance of regional power dynamics, suggesting the remarks were aimed at maintaining a hardline image before elections.",
  "summary": "“There will be no Tel Aviv, there will be no Ben-Gurion Airport, and there will be no Netanyahu,” said Amr Adib on MBC Egypt.",
  "key_points": [
    "Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich threatens no Sinai, no peace again",
    "Egyptian media condemn Smotrich's remarks, vow no Tel Aviv",
    "Smotrich's comments seen as political adolescent behavior"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}