The Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, paid a brief visit to Egypt on Sunday,
where he met the director of the country's intelligence services, Abbas Kamel.
First and foremost, this involved communication with General Amin Hafiz, who rose to the presidency in a coup in 1963 and saw in Cohen,
or'Kamel Amin Thaabet' as he knew him, a
well-educated person, a patriot, a good host, and a successful businessman willing to invest in Syria.