Restored Alexandria synagogue hosts largest Jewish prayer in decades

With Egypt’s new program to preserve its Jewish heritage, the synagogue was renovated in a multi-year, multi-million euro effort beginning in 2017 CARMEL MADADSHAHI FEBRUARY 17, 2020 19:42 Some 180 Jews of Egyptian origin from the Diaspora have flown to Egypt for a Shabbat celebrating the newly renovated 14th-century Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria. The […]

Turning ‘Cold Peace’ Warm: Can Israel’s Gas Improve Relations With Neighbours?

Israeli gas supply to Egypt will surely bolster relations between the two countries, claims a former envoy, but it won’t be able to get the two peoples closer, simply because Egypt still harbours strong anti-Israel sentiments that even President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi cannot change. It has been a month since Israel, which has been positioning […]

Egypt building new border wall with Gaza

February 17, 2020, 03:42 AM Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 Palestinian police officers guard on the border with Egypt, in Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip, on June 23, 2019. Construction began in late January Egypt has started construction of a new border wall along the Gaza Strip, according to a report by Al Monitor. Construction began in late […]

Hamas to cease balloon bomb launches in bid to appease Egypt: report

i24NEWS February 11, 2020, 06:18 AM – latest revision February 11, 2020, 06:21 AM  2 min read Hassan Jedi/Flash90 Palestinian youth prepare molotov cocktails attached to balloons, to send to Israeli land east of Bureij refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip, on May 31, 2019. Palestinian outlet says despite new bombs landing in Israel Tuesday morning, […]

Turkey agreement with Israel may be next step in Erdoğan’s plan for Med

After years of feuding with Israel over the Palestinian issue, the Turkish government could look to mend ties with Israel to boost its claim to gas-rich waters in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish columnist Burak Bekdil wrote for international Jewish news site, the Algemeiner. Until it signed a maritime borders deal with the U.N.-recognised Libyan government […]

Egyptians arrive in Gaza to mediate talks between Israel, Hamas

AFP February 10, 2020, 04:06 AM – latest revision February 10, 2020, 04:31 AM  1 min read AP Photo/Adel Hana 2020© Residents inspect destroyed sewage pipes following overnight Israeli missile strikes along the beach of Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020 Tensions between Jewish state and Palestinian enclave have steadily increased in […]

Egyptian security delegation to visit Gaza on Monday – report

JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 9, 2020 21:46 The Egyptian security delegation led by Major General Ahmed Abdel Khalek is expected to visit the Gaza Strip and meet with Palestinian officials on Monday after touring the Gaza-Egypt border, according to Al Mayadeen. Tensions have been high between Israel and the Gaza Strip in recent weeks as […]

With plenty of Hamas help, IS deepens its war against Egypt

Gaza’s terrorist rulers are still providing Sinai Province group with weapons and medical aid, despite a supposed thaw in their relations with Cairo BY AVI ISSACHAROFF December 18, 2016, 5:19 pm spite an apparent thaw in relations between Egypt and Gaza and the expected opening of the Rafah Border Crossing in the coming week, Hamas is still allowing the transfer of injured Islamic State fighters to the Gaza Strip, while also ignoring the smuggling of weapons to the Sinai Peninsula destined for the extremist organization’s local branch, according to Arab sources. This cooperation is taking place despite the Islamic State’s …

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