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ISIS gunmen walking in Rabi’a village after an attempted terror attack on July 21, 2020. Credit: MEMRI.

Egyptian army foils ISIS terror attack in Sinai, kills 18

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The Egyptian army announced that it foiled a terrorist attack on a military base in the northern Sinai village of Rabi’a on Tuesday that killed 18 of the attacking fighters, according to a report...
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Source: Kremlin.ru.

Why Cairo has stayed (mostly) silent as Israel considers sovereignty

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When Mossad chief Yossi Cohen flew to Egypt last week to meet with the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service Abbas Kamal and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, he was likely confident that the meeting...
Then-Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a brief about the Multinational Force and Observers defenses during a visit to the North Camp in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, Feb. 21, 2016. Photo: D. Myles Cullen/U.S. Department of Defense.

Bipartisan congressional letter warns against pulling US troops out of Sinai

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A bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter last week to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, stating that withdrawing U.S. troops from the Multinational Force and Observers...
U.S. troops begin a peacekeeping mission in the Sinai Peninsula in 2015 as part of the Multinational Force and Observers. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israel and Egypt don’t need American peacekeepers in the Sinai

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In May 1967, the withdrawal of peacekeepers from the Sinai Peninsula set in motion a series of events that led to war. But those who think such a move in May 2020 would have...
A scene from the new Egyptian science-fiction show “The End.” (MEMRI)

In new Egyptian sci-fi series, U.S. has collapsed, Israel has been destroyed

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In the dystopian world of the new Egyptian science-fiction series “The End,” in the year 2120 the United States has collapsed into civil war, the Arab countries have destroyed their “sworn enemy,” Israel, and...
PM Netanyahu and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak hold talks at Sharm e-Sheikh , 6.1.11. Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO

PM Netanyahu sends condolences on the passing of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

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PM Netanyahu: President Mubarak was a leader who led his people to peace and security, to peace with Israel. I would like to send condolences to President A-Sisi, to the Mubarak family and to the...
The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue on Nabi Daniel Street in Alexandria, Egypt. Credit: Wikipedia.

Newly renovated Alexandria synagogue hosts Egypt’s largest service in decades

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A recently restored synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, just hosted the country’s biggest Jewish prayer service in decades. About 180 Diaspora Jews who have Egyptian roots traveled to Egypt to participate in Shabbat services celebrating the...
The Israel Defense Forces’ mixed-gender Caracal light infantry battalion prepares for threats from the Sinai. Through a range of combat drills designed to stop any surprise attack in its tracks and ongoing border-security missions, the battalion works around the clock to ensure that it’s ready to prevent a killing spree in an Israeli border village, as well as neutralize potential attackers. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

IDF’s mixed-gender battalion prepares for multiple threats

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In recent days, an ISIS spokesman released a new audio message, which included a call for jihadist factions in the Sinai Peninsula and in Syria to step up attacks against Israel. ISIS also claimed...

Restoring synagogues means never having to say you’re sorry

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To much fanfare last week, the largest synagogue in the Middle East was reopened in Alexandria, Egypt. Some 300 guests, including Egyptian Antiquities and Tourism Minister Khaled al-Anany, were on hand for the festive occasion. The event...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz visit a gas processing rig at Israel's Leviathan gas field, on Jan. 31, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israel to export natural gas to Egypt starting in January

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Israel’s National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources Minister Yuval Steinitz has signed the paperwork for Israel to begin exporting natural gas to Egypt from its Tamar and Leviathan fields in January, Israel business daily Globes reported...