Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Cairo represents a major strategic step that is reshaping the balance of power in the Middle East and raising deep concerns for both the United States and Israel. The American and Israeli concern stems from the erosion of Western and American hegemony over Egypt and the region and the breaking of Washington and Tel Aviv’s military and economic monopoly on strategic decision-making in Egypt. Some Western and American analyses suggest that the growing Chinese influence in Egypt and the region through investments and military cooperation could challenge the traditional influence of the United States…