Tag: Egypt
Blinken heading to Riyadh for talks with Abbas, Arab leaders
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and Arab leaders this week on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum summit in Saudi Arabia, the...
Hamas rejects ceasefire offer in Cairo
Hamas rejected the latest ceasefire proposal on Monday, according to senior officials in the terror organization as reported by multiple news outlets.
“We reject the latest Israeli proposals that the Egyptian side informed us of....
J’lem urges mediators to get tough on Hamas in hostage talks
Israel expects mediators working to broker a ceasefire-for-hostages agreement with Hamas to put more pressure on the terrorist group, the Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday following talks in Cairo.
In a statement on behalf of...
Refugees Lives Matter,’ unless they’re Palestinian
The recent news cycle has been awash with dire predictions of what awaits the Palestinian population of Gaza following a widely expected Israeli ground incursion into the southern city of Rafah. Germany warned of...
The lessons of Israel’s 1956 war
As the modern State of Israel celebrates its 75th year, it is always important to review aspects of the past to learn lessons for the future.
Israel has never wanted to go to war. The...
Egypt at a crossroads: Has el-Sisi’s decade in power been a success?
It has been nearly ten years since General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi came to power as president of Egypt following a military coup.
July 3, 2013, began as a regular day in Cairo, with demonstrations held against...
A decade after Egypt’s revolution
Islamists' rapid rise to power in the Middle East following the Arab Spring revolutions came to a halt following a popular revolution that swept Egypt on June 30, 2013.
Several days of protests across the country were met with violence by...
Egypt: Ceasefire talks so far unsuccessful
Attempts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian terror groups in Gaza have made no headway, with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry admitting that “efforts continue for now without success.”
A senior Israeli...
The Torah, morality, antisemitism and the Tao
The question of the origin of morality is probably unanswerable, but a courageous attempt was recently made on this site, and with it an even more daunting effort to explain the cause of antisemitism.
In his article,...
Herzog in Egypt for COP27 climate change conference
Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Egypt on Monday at the head of the Israeli delegation to the 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP27).
“The Middle East faces mighty challenges. In my speech, I will...