Sisi: Protecting Egypt More Important than Struggle Against Israel – Zvi Bar’el
(dailyalert.org, Feb. 3, 2015)

For the first time, an Arab leader, Egypt’s President Abdel al-Fattah al-Sisi, is challenging the common view that “resistance” organizations that are fighting Israel necessarily serve Arab interests. The “sanctity” of the struggle against Israel is no longer seen as justification for the existence of an organization that turns its arms against Egypt. (Ha’aretz)

Egyptian Court Declares Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades a “Terrorist Group”

The Cairo Court of Urgent Matters has declared Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, a terrorist organization due to its involvement in and financing of terrorist attacks inside Egypt. The court added that the group’s aim is now to target Egypt’s security. (Al-Ahram-Egypt)