EGYPT PERSPECTIVE

Cairo looks at Islamabad sideways, preferring to shine its spotlight on Netanyahu's corruption trial resuming mid-war. The Egypt Independent develops an angle connecting Israeli domestic justice to military strategy: the trial's resumption fuels post-war outrage in Israel, suggesting Netanyahu prolongs operations to delay a judicial reckoning. It's a reading that resonates with Egyptian politics — where justice and power are inseparable — and allows Cairo to criticize Israel without weighing in on the US-Iran negotiations, a balancing act Egypt has elevated to a diplomatic art form.