Tag Archives: Israel

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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This Week in Egypt: Week 43-2023 ( Oct 23-29)

Top Headlines Two drones coming from south of the Red Sea crashed in Taba and Nuweiba: Egypt’s army spokesperson Egypt warns Israel: Do not carry out attacks along Gaza-Egypt border Egyptian-Qatari mediation results in release of two Israeli captives by … Continue reading →

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Thread: Mark Hurtling on Hamas and Israel

This thread by Mark Hertling, a former United States Army officer, who served as the Commanding General of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army. ( March 2011 to November 2012), is very interesting and frankly scary. I definitely … 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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This Week in Egypt; Week 42 ( Oct 16-22)

Top Headlines Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza The White House says Israeli PM Netanyahu agreed to allow the “continuous flow” of international aid into Gaza from Egypt Israeli army apologizes after … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 40-2023 (Oct 2-8)

Top Headlines Moody’s downgrades Egypt credit rating deeper into junk territory amid debt crisis  World Bank revises up Egypt’s growth forecast for 2023 to 4.2 percent Egyptian banks suspend debit card use  in foreign currency Egypt’s President el-Sisi to run for … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 36-2023 (Sept 4-10)

Top Headlines Egypt inflation hits record high of nearly 40% Egypt’s Sisi attended G20 summit in India, met with Turkey’s Erdogan Egyptian president calls for measures to slow birth-rate Ethiopia says it has completed filling of disputed dam project’s reservoir … Continue reading →

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This Week In Egypt: Week 34-2023 ( Aug 21-27)

Egyptian opposition Hisham Kassem Top Headlines Egypt is officially invited to join BRICS group Egyptian opposition activist Hisham Kassem ransferred to prison to await trial Israel approves expansion of natural gas exports to Egypt from Tamar field Egypt, Ethiopia and … Continue reading →

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This Week in egypt: week 24-2023 ( Jun 12-18)

Top Headlines Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece Israel to work with Egypt, Palestinian Authority on developing Gaza gas field Israeli army admits to errors, reprimands officers in … Continue reading →

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