Posts Tagged: egypt
Israeli Embassy in Egypt Threatened With Cancellation of 70th Independence Day Celebrations
The Israeli embassy in Egypt’s planned 70th Independence Day gala is arousing controversy, with attempts made to cancel the event and antisemitism in the press, Hebrew...
Arab Commentators Seek to Explain Why Israel Is So Far Ahead of Other Middle East States
Over the past several months, a series of Arab commentators have sought to explain why Israel appears so far ahead of the Arab world in...
Egypt’s Sisi Wins 97 Percent in Election With No Real Opposition
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been re-elected with 97 percent of votes, the same proportion that the former military commander secured four years ago...
Egypt Expert: Sisi’s Reelection Should Not Be Treated as an Election in the First Place
"It’s a mistake to treat them as elections in the first place," an Egypt expert told The Algemeiner regarding this week's reelection of Egyptian President Abdel...
Egypt’s Sisi Outlaws Opposition Ahead of ‘Elections,’ Is Poised for Second Term
JNS.org - Once the most dominant country in the Arab world, recent economic and security challenges have led Egypt to be eclipsed in power by the...
How Is Egypt’s ‘Operation Sinai 2018’ Succeeding Against Islamic State?
JNS.org - The Egyptian army launched a large-scale counter-terrorism operation on February 9, code-named “Sinai 2018,” against the self-styled Sinai province of Islamic State. Previously known as...
Islamists Threaten to Disrupt Egyptian Presidential Elections
Islamists have been attempting to disrupt the Egyptian political scene for decades -- often by infiltrating the political process or disrupting it through systematic negative propaganda...
‘Outside-In’ Is Inside Out
JNS.org - Recent strikes in the Sinai are a reminder that Israel should never count on Arab states to guarantee its safety. It’s the other way around. We’re...
Egypt Files Murder Charges Against Man Held for Coptic Church Attack
Egypt's public prosecutor has filed murder charges against a man accused of killing 11 people in an attack on a Coptic church and a Christian-owned...
Gunmen Attack Coptic Church Near Cairo, Killing at Least 9
Gunmen killed at least nine people including three police in an attack on a Coptic Christian church south of Cairo on Friday, medical and security...
Arab States Believe US Aid Secure, Despite Defying Trump on Jerusalem at UN
Leading Arab allies threatened with cuts in aid by Donald Trump said on Friday they had no choice but to defy the US president over...
Haley: We ‘Will Be Taking Names’ of Countries That Vote Against US on Jerusalem Recognition
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states on US...
Arab Street Outraged by Jerusalem Decision, but Governments Have Other Concerns
JNS.org - President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was overwhelmingly rejected in the Muslim world. Yet this anger was tempered by the interests...
Sinai — The Descent Into Depravity
“Militants detonated a bomb inside a crowded mosque in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday and then sprayed gunfire on panicked worshipers as they fled, killing...
