Egyptian official calls Israeli premier ‘delusional,’ defies him to cancel gas deal – Middle East Monitor

An Egyptian official called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “delusional,” defying him to cancel a gas agreement between Egypt and Israel, Anadolu reports.

“Netanyahu can’t bear the economic and political consequences” of abolishing the gas deal, Diaa Rashwan, the head of the State Information Service (SIS), said in televised statements.

“(Netanyahu) sees Egypt as an obstacle to his dream of Greater Israel and a danger to him, a thorn in his…