Posts Tagged: Egypt Israel
A Silenced View From Inside Egypt: The Problem of Egyptian Identity
I am an Egyptian, and I have some inconvenient questions. How did Egypt descend from the status of a great civilization that once fascinated the world...
Will Trump’s Peace Plan Matter?
Almost every US administration has come up with a peace plan, and they all have one thing in common -- failure. The Trump plan will...
Remembering the Ethnic Cleansing of Egypt’s Jews
A January 13 article in the UK outlet The Times (“Prayers to be held as Jews mark return of synagogue”) touched upon the fact that...
A Window of Opportunity in Egypt
JNS.org - After eight years, the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s director-general decided to keep Israeli embassy staff in Egypt over the weekend instead of returning them...
Hamas’ Double Message for Egypt and Israel
JNS.org - The double, deceitful game played by Hamas and Islamic Jihad was exposed on the morning of October 17, when they fired two rockets...
‘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...
Palestinian Leader Abbas’ Attack on Zionism Cites Late Egyptian Intellectual’s Denial of Jewish Peoplehood
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's angry speech on Sunday castigating the US and Israel drew on the work of an Egyptian academic who dedicated his career to...
Storm Clouds Gathering in the Middle East for Israel
The volatility of political activity in the Middle East is dizzying. The Syrian civil war is almost at an end. President Bashar al-Assad remains in power,...
Egypt-Israel Cooperation Likely to Rise After Sinai Terror Attack
JNS.org - After terrorists killed more than 300 people during prayers at a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday, experts say that weaknesses in the Arab...
With Sisi Preparing to Run for Second Term, Egypt Maintains a ‘Cold Peace’ With Israel
JNS.org - As an April 2018 election approaches in Egypt, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is preparing to run for a second term. Since he assumed office in June 2014,...
Arab Zionists Are the Key to Mideast Peace
Are Arabs becoming the world’s most ardent Zionists? And, more to the point, why aren’t Western governments celebrating the breakdown of psychological and other barriers that might one day lead...
Arabic Media Invents Story of Olympic Revenge Against Israel
The Muslim world is still upset about the Egyptian judoka loss to an Israeli on Friday, after which Islam El Shahaby refused to shake hands with Or Sasson. So...
Amid Warming Arab-Israeli Relations, Egyptians Push for Open Outlook on Education
JNS.org - Rooted in decades of state-sanctioned antisemitism and contempt for Israel, many Egyptians know little of the history and culture of their Jewish neighbors. Although...
France vs. Egypt: A Matchup of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Summits
JNS.org - As part of the latest European effort to spur a renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visited Israel and the...
