Tag: Cairo

Leaders of Jordan and Egypt said they support establishment of "a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital."

It's not clear how long Israel's envoy to Egypt will be working from Jerusalem, but his safety is clearly at stake.

Despite pressure from Egypt, a source has told a Hebrew-language news site that ISIS now controls Gaza military tunnels.

According to the president, the new measures would 'keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America.' He added: 'We don’t want them here.'

Cairo has accused Hamas of aiding Islamic State terrorists against Egyptian police in Sinai, and wants Hamas to turn them in.

Pres. Rivlin told envoys to Egypt and Jordan that regional threats faced by many in the Middle East require close cooperation.

Investigators have discovered explosive material on some of the bodies recovered last May's crash of EgyptAir Flight MS804 in the Mediterranean.

Israel's prime minister underscored the region must unite to fight terrorism together.

Dozens of Egyptian Coptic Christians killed and injured in a bombing at the main cathedral in Cairo.

Interestingly, several Muslim and European countries have enacted laws compelling their mosques to "muffle" their loudspeakers, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.

According to Human Rights Watch, the Egyptian authorities demolished at least 3,255 residential, commercial, administrative, and community buildings along the border, forcibly evicting thousands of people.

Russia is joining Egypt in a military drill this month, with future plans that seem to be a clear warning aimed at terrorists in Northern Sinai.

Morsi was also sentenced to death in April 2015, over a 2011 jailbreak. In June 2016 he was given a life sentence for passing state secrets to Qatar.

A leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood was shot and killed by security forces in his Cairo apartment, along with his aide.

"Israeli tourists by now have figured that every place is dangerous, which is why economic considerations overcome security concerns."

The health ministry launched an awareness campaign before the Hajj to alert Egyptians as to ways of preventing infectious diseases during pilgrimage.

Gaza-based Hamas PM Ismail Haniyeh is traveling to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage -- and then to Doha and Ankara.

Four years after a rioting mob tore apart the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, a new envoy formally presents his credentials to Egypt's Pres. El-Sisi and begins work.

The same official also told Israel Radio that the PA does not demand that Israel freeze settlement construction as a prerequisite to the Paris conference, but rather the freeze should coincide with the start of negotiations.

There was absolutely no new policy idea in the Trump speech Monday night, but there was an implied promise to encourage all levels of law enforcement to be less restrained in pursuing their targets.

Egypt eliminates the head of an extremely dangerous terror group in Sinai, responsible for countless attacks.

Kaine would be a bonanza to leftwing Israeli Jews, very much like the folks who are currently in the White House.

Demonstrators in Cairo again have burned the Israeli flag but this time they were contained by Egyptian government forces.

Debris from the May 19 crash of EgyptAir Flight MS804 has washed up on the Israeli shoreline.

EgyptAir pilots aboard Flight 804 that crashed May 19 knew a fire had erupted, and tried to put it out.

Egypt's chief cleric reprimanded Israel for allowing its holy city to be sullied with a nude dance performance.

It appears that EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed because of an explosion but the cause is not yet certain.

Aviation officials confirm that Egypt Air flight MS804 has crashed in the Mediterranean Sea. It was located with an automated aircraft signal.

An Egypt Air flight from Paris to Cairo disappears off the radar just 10 minutes away from Egyptian air space, over the Mediterranean Sea.

PM Netanyahu says the threat of sending Israeli commandos into Cairo was enough to convince Egypt's president to send his own troops to rescue Israeli embassy staff from a mob.