Posts Tagged: egypt
Top PLO Official’s Son in Egyptian Prison; Family Falsely Claims It’s Because He Supports BDS
Last year, Ramy Nabeel Shaath was arrested in Egypt; he was also recently added to a terrorism watch list in the country. At the time of...
Who’s the Real Cause of Gaza’s Misery? Surprise: It’s Not Israel!
JNS.org - With the launching of more missiles and balloon-bombs from Gaza into Israel, some media are again fulminating about how Israel has turned Gaza...
A Silenced View From Inside Egypt: The Problem of Egyptian Identity
I am an Egyptian, and I have some inconvenient questions. How did Egypt descend from the status of a great civilization that once fascinated the world...
Egypt and Oman Urged to Remove Antisemitic Titles From Annual Book Fairs
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday called on Egypt and Oman to remove antisemitic materials from their annual book fairs. The fairs, which are state-supported and...
Mubarak, the ‘Pharaoh’ Toppled by the Arab Spring, Dies at 91
Hosni Mubarak, who died on Tuesday, never expected to be president. But when a very public assassination thrust the former bomber pilot into the job,...
Report: Palestinian Terror Factions in Gaza Agree to Stop Incendiary Balloon Attacks Against Israel
Palestinian terrorist factions in the Gaza Strip, including ruling Hamas, have reportedly agreed to stop launching of incendiary balloons into southern Israel. Citing the Palestinian Al-Quds...
Will Trump’s Peace Plan Matter?
Almost every US administration has come up with a peace plan, and they all have one thing in common -- failure. The Trump plan will...
Will Egypt’s Despotic Sisi Regime Survive?
JNS.org - The demonstrations in Egypt on September 20, 2019 should be a warning sign for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The call to demonstrate...
In Egypt, People Interrupt Holocaust Play for Being Too ‘Zionist’
Elaph reports that a theatrical performance by the Cairo-based Commerce Faculty Theater, entitled Sobibor, has caused a storm of controversy among Egyptians, particularly in the...
Battling for the Mideast’s Future: Arab Protests 2.0
Developments across north Africa and the Middle East demonstrate that the drivers of the 2011 popular revolts that swept the region and forced the leaders...
Egypt Votes in Referendum That Could Keep Sisi in Power Until 2030
Egyptians voted on Saturday in a three-day referendum on constitutional changes that could allow President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stay in office until 2030 and...
Hamas Is Driving Toward a Dead End
JNS.org - Despite the efforts to secure understandings with Hamas for a ceasefire, Israel is struggling to restore peace and quiet along the Gaza border....
Why Egypt Works to Curb Hamas’ Influence in Gaza
Egypt's relations with Hamas have always been turbulent. Hamas was formed in 1987 as a Palestinian offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; Egypt considers the...
A Window of Opportunity in Egypt
JNS.org - After eight years, the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s director-general decided to keep Israeli embassy staff in Egypt over the weekend instead of returning them...
