[...] how to cling to power
▻http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2016/07/sisi-how-to-cling-to-power.html
There is a well-known formula for Middle East despots. When your throne shakes, you basically follow the advice of the US Congress and get closer to Israel because that will always guarantee you more American support. Normalization with Israel is the last refuge of Arab scoundrels.