Category Archives: Gaza

On Egypt and Israel: A discussion on X Space

Yesterday, I joined a round table discussion on X platform about the current tense relations between Egypt and Israel. Many interesting views were raised You can listen to it here https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yoKMoNYBvWJQ

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This Week in Egypt: Week 46-2023 ( Nov 13-19)

Top Headlines 31 premature babies are evacuated from Gaza’s largest hospital to Egypt First fuel delivery since start of war delivered to UN in Gaza from Egypt  Israel’s natural gas flow to Egypt rise as Chevron resumes Tamar output IMF … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 45-2023 ( Nov 6-12)

Top Headlines Egypt’s Rafah crossing reopens for wounded Palestinians and foreign nationals Qatar’s Emir held talks in Egypt on ending Gaza violence Egypt’s Sisi met Turkish and Iranian presidents in the joint Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh  UK revokes Islamist Egyptian … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar’s close links to ISIS in Sinai

On March 2022, the Egyptian army shot a Palestinian ISIS member, Abu-Gamil al-Gazawy, who infiltrated into Sinai to give supplies to his ISIS colleagues hiding in North Sinai. It turned out that Abu-Gamil ( his real name is Mosaic) uncle … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Hamas Mindset. Lessons from the medieval battle of Yarmouk

Hamas military cadres did not graduate from military academies, but they are avid learners of Islamic history.

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Podcast: Is Egypt’s President Sisi in the hot seat amid the Gaza crisis?

I joined Thanos Davelis of the Greek Current to discuss how the war in Gaza is impacting Egypt and President Sisi, look at the upcoming summit in Cairo on the Palestinian issue, and explore how the Hamas attack has hijacked … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 31-2022 ( August 1-7)

Top headlines Egypt-brokered ceasefire in Gaza comes into effect after 3-day conflict  Egypt is mediating between Israel, Palestinians to prevent escalation US dollar price nears 19 EGP at Egypt’s major banks  Saudi Arabis’s Public Investment fund unveils new Egyptian investment … Continue reading →

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Will Egypt inherit Gaza?

Egypt sent building equipments to Gaza – Via yahoo History repeats itself is a valid cliché in the Middle East. Following the defeat of the Arab states by Israel in 1948, the Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement was signed in Rhodes on February 24, … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s New Terrorist Groups

I was planning to write something completely different this weekend, but the events in Egypt have dictated my choice.   An Egyptian policeman gestures from an observation in the Sinai peninsula, February 10, 2016, and an undated photograph of Brig. … Continue reading →

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New Players on the Gaza Front

                                      (Islamic Jihad’s Ramadan Shallah) The growing hostility between Egypt and the Palestinian group Hamas, especially following an Egyptian court’s verdict that … Continue reading →

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