Posts Tagged: egypt
Israel and Hamas at War: Latest Updates
Thousands of Palestinians fled the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday ahead of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel said it kept two roads open...
US Advises Its Citizens in Gaza to Move Closer to Egypt’s Rafah Crossing
The U.S. government on Saturday advised its citizens in Gaza to move south toward the Rafah border crossing with Egypt to be ready for its...
Israel Retaliates After Hamas Launches Surprise Attack
Israel pounded the Palestinian enclave of Gaza on Sunday, killing hundreds of people in retaliation for one of the bloodiest attacks in its history when...
Senior Senate Democrat Threatens to Block Military Aid to Egypt on Human Rights Grounds
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee vowed on Saturday to block military aid and arms sales to Egypt if it does not...
Rights Advocate Cardin Replaces Menendez as US Senate Foreign Relations Chair
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) will serve as chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, replacing Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), who faces felony bribery charges,...
Menendez Indictment Prompts Calls in US Congress for Egypt Aid Rethink
Charges that Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) accepted bribes in exchange for wielding his influence to aid the Egyptian government prompted calls in the US Congress...
Pro-Israel US Senator Indicted on Bribery, Extortion Charges
One of Israel's staunchest supporters in the US Senate was indicted on Friday on federal bribery and extortion charges, with prosecutors alleging that he used...
Abbas Arrives in Egypt for Unity Talks with Hamas
i24 News - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas arrived in El Alamein in Egypt Saturday, the news agency Wafa said, ahead of unity talks between Palestinian...
The Egyptian Counter Revolution: 10 Years Later
Islamists' rapid rise to power in the Middle East following the Arab Spring revolutions came to a halt following a popular revolution that swept Egypt...
‘Smuggling, Not Terror, Is the Real Border Threat’
JNS.org - The deadly June 3 attack on Israel’s southern border may have been an isolated incident, but highlighted the larger problem of cross-border smuggling,...
The Egypt Border Attack: Key Questions
JNS.org - There are several critical questions that the joint Israeli-Egyptian investigation into the deadly terrorist attack on the two countries’ shared border on Saturday...
Countries Rush to Evacuate Foreign Citizens from Sudan
The conflict between Sudan's army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to extract foreign diplomats and citizens. Several...
Egyptian Education Reforms Eliminating Antisemitism from Curriculum, According to New Report
A nationwide reform of Egyptian curricula has made progress towards eliminating antisemitism from state issued textbooks, according to a new report by Israeli education watchdog...
Regional Ministers in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Syria’s Return to Arab Fold
i24 News - In the first such trip since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Syria’s foreign minister arrived in Saudi Arabia...
