Posts Tagged: egypt
Humiliation in Egypt: Kerry, Staff Forced to Pass Through Metal Detectors
In a symbolic incident that likely raised eyebrows back in Washington, Egyptian security forces forced U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his team of...
Muslim Zionism is Key to Mideast Peace
The latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, should it prove effective, will doubtless comfort some Israelis and disturb others. But all can agree that a ceasefire is a...
Egyptian TV Announcer Calls for Destruction of Hamas; Al-Ahram Columnist Thanks Netanyahu (VIDEO)
Officials and public figures in Egypt are beginning to call for Israel and Egypt to wipe out Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which some are...
Egyptian Arab Writer Says Awakening to Horror of Hamas; No Longer Sees Movement As Force for Good
Ahmed Abdel-Raheem, an Egyptian Arab poet, writer and doctoral student, said that a chance meeting with a fearful Gazan from Khan Yunis, who related the...
Israel Security Cabinet Vows to Oppose Hamas; Netanyahu: ‘Today, Abu Mazen Said Yes to Terrorism and No to Peace’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday railed against the new Fatah-Hamas unity pact, as his government's Security Cabinet unanimously voted to continue to uphold international...
Egypt’s El-Sisi Says Would Respect Israel Treaty as President, Consider State Visit
Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the former Egyptian Defense Minister who has resigned to run for president, said, if elected, he would respect his country's peace treaty...
Jordanian Journalist: ‘Israel Sends Boars, Mice to Jordan in Order to Ruin the Agriculture’
Palestinian Jordanian columnist As'ad Al-'Azouni, often flagged by media watchers for his anti-Semitic articles, claimed on website jo24.net that Israel sends mice and wild boars...
U.S. Senate Support for Egypt Military Aid Wanes After Arrests, Death Sentences
New York Times - Senator Patrick J. Leahy, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees foreign aid, said Tuesday that he would not support additional...
Report: Muslim Brotherhood Members Kill Christian Woman in Egypt
On Friday, March 28, in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, rioting Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, including...
In UN Speech, Israeli Ambassador Challenges Middle East Countries on Rule of Law
Ron Prosor, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, on Wednesday addressed the UN Security Council on the "Rule of Law," challenging Israel's Middle Eastern neighbors to...
Israel’s Head of Military Intelligence: ‘There Are 170,000 Rockets and Missiles Directed at Israel’
Israel's Head of Military Intelligence, Major General Aviv Kohavi, on Wednesday addressed security threats facing the Jewish state, including 170,000 rockets and renewed scope for...
Yawning Over the Latest From the Middle East
The Middle East does offer some signs of hope, such as the inspiring example of Israel, the metaphorical "villa in the jungle"; the bracing prospect of Islamists...
Why the Middle East Can’t Modernize
The recent fall of Fallujah to an al Qaeda-linked group provides an unwelcome reminder of the American resources and lives devoted from 2004 to 2007 to...
2013 Jewish News in Review
JNS.org - As 2013 draws to a close, JNS.org takes a look at the biggest news stories from Israel and the Jewish world that have shaped...
