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Why Egypt Does Not Want to Help Gaza by Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Inst.)

By   /  September 12, 2019  /  Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Sept. 11, 2019 Israel’s goodwill gestures, however, have so far failed to deter Hamas and other Palestinian groups from repeatedly violating the ceasefire understandings. Israel is prepared to do whatever is required to help the Palestinians in return for a cessation of terrorist attacks against Israel. Meanwhile, the Egyptians themselves offer nothing but broken promises […]

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Why Arabs Hate Palestinians, by Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Inst.)

By   /  September 10, 2019  /  History, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Sept. 9, 2019 You simply cannot burn pictures of the Saudi crown prince one day and rush to Riyadh to seek money the next. You cannot shout slogans against the Egyptian president one day and go to Cairo to seek political backing the next. Remarkably, Turki al-Hamad, a Saudi writer, did what even some Western […]

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Egypt Criticizes Its Judoka Who Refused to Shake Hands with Israeli Opponent – Itamar Katzir (Ha’aretz via Daily Alert)

By   /  August 30, 2019  /  Mid. East news, Pop Culture  /  No Comments

Aug. 30, 2019 Egypt Criticizes Its Judoka Who Refused to Shake Hands with Israeli Opponent – Itamar Katzir (Ha’aretz) The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has criticized an Egyptian judoka, Mohamed Abdelaal, for refusing to shake the hand of his Israeli opponent, Sagi Muki, who defeated the Egyptian in the semifinals of the World Judo Championships. The ministry […]

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Egyptians get upset and interrupt Holocaust play for being too “Zionist” (Elder of Ziyon)

By   /  August 23, 2019  /  anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Aug. 23, 2019 Elaph reports that a theatrical performance by the Cairo-based Commerce Faculty Theater Theater, entitled “Sobibor,” has caused a storm of controversy among Egyptians, particularly in their cultural and artistic community. There were brawls and clashes between the audience and some members of the theater team, which occurred during the National Theater Festival with […]

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So Why Can’t the Palestinians Vote? BY PESACH BENSON (HonestReporting)

By   /  April 11, 2019  /  double standards, Human Rights, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

JANUARY 1, 2019, “It’s Israel’s fault the Palestinians can’t vote.” That’s an accusation we often hear, especially when Israel pivots to election campaign mode. Unfortunately, the Palestinians are disenfranchised. But not by Israel. The Palestinians have been disenfranchised by their own feuding leaders in Fatah and Hamas. A look at the history shows Egypt and Jordan bear […]

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A Moment of Truth for Hamas, by Vivian Bercovici (Commentary)

By   /  March 20, 2019  /  Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Mar. 19, 2019 Gaza wakes. As it happens, the shooting of two rockets from Gaza at Tel Aviv last Thursday was all a mistake. Or so we are to believe. Shortly after 9 pm, sirens wailed in the coastal city. Iron Dome missiles intercepted one with a loud “boom” heard everywhere; the second, people joke, […]

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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt Reject Clause Stopping Normalization with Israel(Middle East Monitor-UK via Daily Alert)

By   /  March 5, 2019  /  friends/enemies, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Mar. 5, 2019 Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt Reject Clause Stopping Normalization with Israel (Middle East Monitor-UK) Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt on Monday rejected a statement by the Union of Arab Parliaments meeting in Amman which called for stopping normalization with Israel, the Shehab news agency reported.

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EGYPT GASSED TUNNELERS, ISRAEL WOULDN’T. WHY THE DOUBLE STANDARD?, by Yohan Jeremy Bob (J. Post)

By   /  February 14, 2019  /  double standards, hypocricy, Israel, Mid. East news, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Feb. 13, 2019 Were Israel to use Egyptian methods, it would presumably face a wave of global criticism as it does nearly any time it uses force. Why the double-standard? Click here for full article

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Sisi Restores Jewish Heritage in Egypt But Faces Challenges – Haisam Hassanein (Washington Inst. for Near East Policy via Daily Alert)

By   /  December 17, 2018  /  anti-Semitism, dhimmitude, double standards, Islamic fundamentalism, Israel, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Dec. 17, 2018 Sisi Restores Jewish Heritage in Egypt But Faces Challenges – Haisam Hassanein On Dec. 10, Egyptian Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani announced that President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi had ordered the government to devote $72 million to restoring Jewish heritage in the country. On Dec. 6, editor-in-chief Khaled Salah of al-Youm al-Sabaa – a news outlet with […]

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EGYPT’S SILENT EPIDEMIC OF KIDNAPPED CHRISTIAN GIRLS, by Lela Gilbert (J. Post)

By   /  December 12, 2018  /  dhimmitude, Human Rights, Islamic fundamentalism, media bias, Mid. East news  /  No Comments

Dec. 5, 2018 Christian women in Egypt face an epidemic of kidnapping, rape, beatings and torture. Click here for full article

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