Media personality Osama Kamal recalled the late President Anwar Sadat’s speech before the Israeli Knesset in 1977, coinciding with US President Donald Trump’s speech before the Knesset this morning.

In his program “Masaa DMC” aired on DMC channel Monday evening, Kamal said Sadat stood there speaking eloquently and profoundly, affirming that the Palestinian people’s cause and their legitimate rights are no longer ignored or denied but have become a reality recognized by the international community east and west. He added that despite all these years, some still deny the Palestinian people’s right to their land and try to erase their identity, and without Egypt’s steadfast role, the reality would have been different.

Kamal pointed out that Sadat declared before the Knesset that peace cannot be achieved without the Palestinians, and that the path to lasting and just peace begins with the establishment of their state, adding: “We are in 2025 and still repeating the same meanings.”

He confirmed that Sadat spoke clearly about the occupied Arab lands and demanded full withdrawal from them, including Arab Jerusalem, noting Sadat’s words: There is no meaning to any talk of lasting peace while you occupy Arab land by armed force; peace cannot be genuine unless built on justice.

Kamal added that Sadat entered the Knesset with his head held high, as a victorious leader and strong negotiator who preserved Arab dignity and did not concede it, affirming that Sadat’s vision in 1977 intersects with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s positions in 2023, 2024, and 2025, when he affirmed that Egypt will not allow the displacement of the Palestinian people from their land.

Kamal concluded by saying: “Perhaps it is time to understand the lesson Sadat tried to teach the world 47 years ago: that peace is not weakness, dignity is not a luxury, and security cannot be achieved without justice. Egypt has been and will remain the unifier and healer of wounds, seeking true peace based on rights and dignity. In 2025, as we extend our hands again to stop the bloodshed and build a path for life, we repeat what Sadat and later El-Sisi believed: the path to peace begins with recognition of rights and ends with justice.”