Posts Tagged: egypt
Egypt Frees Al Jazeera Journalist After Four Years in Detention
Egyptian authorities on Saturday released a journalist working for Qatar's Al Jazeera television network who was held in pre-trial detention for more than four years,...
Being a Righteous Jew Requires Showing Kindness to Others
Have you ever heard of Riceman? Probably not. He’s a YouTuber who will turn 28-years-old this Saturday. Born in Shanghai, China, his real name is...
Egypt Showcases Scores of 2,500-Year-Old Coffins
Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 2,500 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of...
Egypt Unveils 59 Ancient Coffins in Major Archaeological Discovery
Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying...
Sudan and Main Rebel Groups Formalize Peace Deal
Sudan’s power-sharing government and several rebel groups on Saturday formalized a peace agreement aimed at resolving decades of conflict which left millions displaced and hundreds...
Ethiopia Tells UN ‘No Intention’ of Using Dam to Harm Egypt, Sudan
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told the United Nations on Friday that his country has "no intention" of harming Sudan and Egypt with a giant...
With Tourists Slow to Return, Egypt’s Resorts and Ancient Sites Face Tough Winter
At the Pyramids of Giza, just a handful of tourists walks among the ancient wonders. Twelve people showed up to admire Luxor's towering colonnades the...
The Plight of Egyptians Living in Israel
Israelis often say, “There is peace between the governments of Egypt and Israel, but not between the peoples.” I beg to differ. Many Egyptians have no...
Acting Leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Arrested in Cairo
Egyptian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid on an apartment in Cairo. The...
Can the Egyptians Cool Things Down in Southern Israel?
JNS.org - After a few rough days in the country’s south, there was some cautious optimism in Israel on Monday, based on two main factors:...
Erdogan Says Turkey Restarted Energy Exploration in East Mediterranean
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey had resumed energy exploration work in the eastern Mediterranean as Greece had not kept its promises regarding...
Egypt Reports Lowest Daily Coronavirus Figure Since Late May
Egypt reported 703 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the health ministry said, the lowest figure since late May. In total, 86,474 COVID-19 cases have been reported...
Keeping the Peacekeeping: Why Withdrawing US Troops From Sinai Is a Dangerous Idea
According to recent reports, the US administration is pushing to withdraw its forces from their peacekeeping mission in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The mission, Multinational Force...
Israel and Egypt Don’t Need American Peacekeepers in the Sinai
JNS.org - In May 1967, the withdrawal of peacekeepers from the Sinai Peninsula set in motion a series of events that led to war. But...
