Egyptian foreign minister visits Israel

Top Headlines

• Egyptian foreign minister to talk Middle East peace in rare visit to Israel
• Egypt to receive alleged Egypt Air MS804 wreckage washed ashore in Israel
• Traders are betting Egypt will weaken the pound as soon as Tuesday
• Egypt considers retaliations for Italy’s decision to cut military supplies

 Main Headlines

 Monday

• Central bank governor: Support for pound was “a grave error”
• Egypt closes Rafah crossing with Gaza after 5 days of operation
• Egypt’s Morsi added to “terror list”
• Egypt’s mufti: ‘Sheikhs inciting radicalism’ are not “Islamic scholars”
• Egypt retrieves Abbasid artifacts from London auction house

 Tuesday

• Egypt said to cancel a visit of large Hamas delegation
• UAE, Russia, Egypt agree details of $500m investment fund
• Egypt slams Turkey after Erdogan rules out reconciliation
• Egypt Air urges passengers check flight times after DST is cancelled
• After six months, Egypt finally settles wheat fungus row

Wednesday

• Egypt considers retaliation for Italy’s decision to cut military supplies
• Turkey to send team to Egypt to discuss broken ties
• Arab-African relationship should not be affected by Israeli PM visit to Africa: Arab League chief
• Four Pakistani tourists drown in the Nile as pleasure boat sinks in Cairo
• Sisi assures Saudi king of Egypt’s solidarity in face of terrorism
• A Coptic Nun was killed in crossfire of personal feud: Egypt’s interior ministry

Thursday

• Egypt condemns Israeli settlement building “as killing the hopes of the Palestinians”
• Egypt’s interior ministry designates contacts for complaints over human right abuses
• Education Minister plans shake-up of exam related bodies
• Former MP Okasha detained for allegedly kidnapping his own son

Friday

• Egypt to receive alleged Egypt Air MS804 wreckage washed ashore in Israel
• Eni’s investment in Zohr gas project transcends political controversies
• Egypt teen was stabbed to death for sexual harassment during Eid
• Egyptians are baffled as digital clocks change time despite abolishment of DST
• Egypt monitoring North Coast waters after fin whale sighting

 Saturday 

• ‘Sinai Province’ assassinates “army collaborator” in Sinai’s Sheikh Zuweid
• Police officer killed in North Sinai by unknown assailants
• Armed Forces detonate 5 IEDs in Sinai’s Sheikh Zuweid
• 6 Egyptians detained in Libya being held by municipal authorities
• Brotherhood supreme guide is in critical condition, transferred to hospital
• Endowments Ministry calls ‪for banning online terrorist groups
• Appeal session for jailed novelist Ahmed Nagy scheduled for July 16

 Sunday 

• Egyptian foreign minister to talk Middle East peace in rare visit to Israel
• Traders are betting Egypt will weaken the pound as soon as Tuesday
• Inflation rises to 14.8% in June 2016
• Armed Forces kill 14 militants and arrest 12 others in Sinai
• Rights lawyer Malek Adly’s health reportedly worsening in solitary confinement
• Egypt navy forces foil two attempts at illegal immigration to Europe
• ‪Cairo‪ court sentences Magdy Hussein, editor-in-chief of al-Shaab newspaper, to three years in prison

Good Reports

• Demanding order, el-Sisi turns to military to rebuild Egypt. Hamza Hendawi
• Is it safe to drink the tap water of Cairo? Isabel Esterman
• One story, many faces: How Egypt’s political TV is shaping public opinion. Mada Masr
• Did Egypt’s former top auditor Hesham Geneina’s study exaggerate the extent of the country’s corruption? Wael Gamal
• Israel and Egypt are enjoying “best time ever.” Brian Rohan

From Twitter

Interview

• Top Egypt Islamist says he ‘fully supports’ reconciliation with the state. Khalid Hassan

 Photo gallery

• Egyptian Muslims perform Eid El-Fitr prayers

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