Tag: Egypt

Gazans line up to get travel permits into Egypt.

Egypt introduced daring legislation and innovative, flexible pricing models to launch their gas export industry.

Talks are underway with Cairo to set a new date for the opening.

And now for something completely different: Arabs once again not missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity. A week after the Palestinian Authority had announced that it had accepted responsibility for the the Gaza Strip crossings, Hamas and Fatah are at odds over the management of those crossings.

Saudi Arabia has promised its ally, the United States, it will fight Iran's attempts to create chaos in the region.

"If Hamas is to play any role in a Palestinian government, it must accept these basic requirements."

The government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has vowed to hunt down the attackers. Coptic Christians comprise some 10 percent of Egypt's population of 92 million.

Hamas on Wednesday turned over control of the Rafah crossing with Egypt to the Palestinian Authority, and so, for the first time in more...

An IDF vehicle was damaged by the gunfire, but none of the Israeli soldiers were physically injured.

“The Egyptian government gives equal importance to all its monuments and heritage sites, whether Ancient Egyptian, Jewish, Coptic or Islamic.”

Two Arabs who are friends of Israel.

Israeli aircraft appeared only after Egyptian Air Force pilots completed their own missions in northern Sinai against Islamic State terrorist forces near Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid.

Around the same time as the rocket attack on Israel, ISIS killed six Egyptian soldiers were killed and wounded dozens more in northern Sinai.

Sooner or later, this shiny package of a reconciliation is bound to fall apart, since it makes no sense.

“There should only be one authority, one weapon, one law, and one political program based on the Palestine Liberation Organization’s agenda."

Both the Hamas in Gaza and the PLO in Judea and Samaria have not held parliamentary elections in more than a decade, and it remains to be seen who would win such an election – should the PA government call one.

The trip is taking place as part of the dissolution of Gaza’s administrative committee, brokered with Hamas by Egypt.

It appears that the path to influencing Israel's foreign policy goes through the US Jewish community's leadership forum.

The Mikoyan MiG-29 is not likely to affect the balance of power between Egypt and Israel.

The Hebron based importer, a citizen of the Palestinian Authority, refuses to cooperate with Ashdod Customs.

What comes around goes around.

Kara says it's “delusional” that regional Arab states have banned Al Jazeera for incitement, but that Israel has not.

'Three world religions have strong roots in Jerusalem, which in 1947 received a special status from the UN.'

In other words, since Mahmoud Abbas is freezing payments to Egypt and Israel for fuel and electric supply, Israel should make up the difference out of its own pocket.

At least 23 Egyptian soldiers lost their lives and dozens more were wounded in the deadly Sinai attack by Islamic State jihadists.

Apparently, the folks in Gaza can go without their refrigerators, as long as somebody does something about those pesky settlements.

The delegation includes representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Finance, Works, Economy and the Energy Authority.

Egypt sent one million liters of the desperately-needed fuel to Gaza’s sole power plant 10 days ago.

Dahlan is quietly laying the groundwork for the statesmanship that must come next.

Dahlan pledges to work with Egypt to gradually open the Rafah crossing ... and with "friends and nations to build a seaport and an airport" as well.