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- StandWithUS Annual Gala Sunday November 9 Honors Janice & Steve Hefter
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- Biden top adviser Maher Bitar is former executive board member of SJP, ex-UNRWA employee
Tag Archives: Egypt
“It is time to stop treating Turkey as an indispensable nation deserving endless accommodation for its rogue foreign policy”
FDD Why President Erdogan’s DC Visit Was Canceled Sinan Ciddi May 13, 2024 …In March, Erdogan stunned observers after declaring, “Turkey is a country that stands firmly behind Hamas,” just days after Congress approved a $23 billion deal to sell … Continue reading
Egypt bears massive responsibility for the ongoing crisis. To prevent another October 7, this will require Israel to maintain control of the Rafah crossing
JERUSALEM POST Egypt must reap what they sowed to prevent another October 7 from happening Benjamin Anthony February 18, 2024 Following Israel’s rescue mission of two hostages carried out in Rafah, the IDF is poised to launch a ground incursion … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Palestinians
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“Assured by her generals that the Arabs were only bluffing and pressured by the Nixon administration not to launch a preemptive strike, Prime Minister Golda Meir waited until the last minute before mobilizing”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Remembering the Yom Kippur War in a Divided Israel Michael Oren September 28, 2023 …The result was a conflict that, in terms of its scale and complexity, was almost unmatched in the post-World War II era. It … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Egypt, Golda Meir, Michael Oren, Syria, Yom Kippur War
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Egyptian President al-Sisi orders transfer of $3 million to three Israeli families
JEWISH PRESS Netanyahu, Sisi, Discuss Murder of 3 Soldiers, Source Says Egypt Paid Families $3m David Israel June 6, 2023 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi spoke by phone Tuesday, three days after the attack in … Continue reading
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of Arab citizens from over a dozen nations responded that they would oppose the recognition of Israel
JPOST 84% of Arabs oppose their country’s diplomatic recognition of Israel Sam Halpern January 5, 2023 An average of 84% of Arabs opposes diplomatic recognition of Israel by their countries, according to results from the soon-to-be-released 2022 Arab Opinion Index … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Arabs, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Palestinians, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan
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Pesach 5782: A lesson from the past about choosing freedom over servitude
TABLET MAG The Jews Who Didn’t Leave Egypt Alana Newhouse April 14, 2022 This weekend, millions of people will sit around Seder tables and memorialize the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Guided by the Haggadah, or Passover text—one of … Continue reading
“The Negev Summit was at once a spectacular success and one of the most flagrant displays of Israeli diplomatic incompetence in history”
JNS A tale of two Negev Summits by David Wurmser March 29, 2022 The just-concluded Sde Boker summit was at once a tremendous and moving success and an unmitigated disaster. It was in fact two summits happening at the same time. … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Negev Summit, United Arab Emirates, Yair Lapid
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Egypt is in the midst of adopting a new approach to Israel, striving to deepen economic ties
JNS Egypt’s El-Sisi has taken a ‘strategic decision to deepen ties with Israel’ February 24, 2022 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has taken a “strategic decision to deepen ties with Israel,” a report in Globes has said in recent days…“This … Continue reading
“With trade surging between Israel and the United Arab Emirates following the Abraham Accords, Sisi may see a compelling case for thawing the cold peace that Israel and Egypt have maintained since 1979”
AL ARABIYA Egypt’s President Sisi is moving to thaw relations with Israel, reap economic rewards by Hussain Abdul-Hussain September 16, 2021 For the first time in a decade, an Israeli prime minister is visiting Egypt. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt, Naftali Bennett
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Today’s thought experiment: Imagine the international outcry if Israel had done this
JERUSALEM POST Egypt pumps toxic gas into Gaza tunnel, three Palestinians dead by Staff September 3, 2021 Three Palestinians died on Thursday as the Egyptian military pumped toxic gas into a smuggling tunnel, Palestinian media reported. The tunnel stretches from … Continue reading