The Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023 marked a critical test of Israel’s quiet military partnership with Egypt. For more than a decade, Egypt and Israel maintained robust security coordination focused...
Latest Developments IDF Operation Drives Hamas to Negotiating Table: Overnight operations in Gaza resulted in the elimination of “dozens of terrorists” and the destruction of “multiple terror...
As the Trump administration considers its Middle East peace strategy, one target should be a deeper relationship between the Arab world’s most populous nation and the Jewish state, one that advances...
Sisi is not reacting to public dissent and support; he is attempting to direct it. The pressure is real, and this political theater is Sisi’s answer.
The Sinai Peninsula is a strategic land bridge between Africa and Asia. The Sinai Peninsula, which connects the continents of Africa and Asia, has a landmass of 23,000 square miles, approximately...
After months of threatening to discard its peace treaty with Israel, Egypt has shifted its tone dramatically. Speaking at the emergency Arab Summit on March 4, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi remarked...
Latest Developments Plan Calls for Palestinian State on 1967 Borders: Representatives from Arab League nations endorsed Egypt’s five-year plan to rebuild Gaza without resettling its residents during...
Dead-on-arrival plan for non-factional interim committee to run Gaza during transition is dissociated from reality
Egypt to Present Alternative Plan for Gaza: Egypt will reportedly present a plan later in February to rebuild the Gaza Strip within three to five years without displacing Palestinian...
Are they with America or against America?
Hours after President Donald Trump revealed plans to ask Egypt to enable Palestinian refugees looking to escape the war to enter the Sinai Peninsula from Gaza, Cairo’s Foreign Ministry issued a...
The hashtag “Your turn, dictator” has been widely shared on Egyptian social media in the past two weeks. Modeled after the 2011 rallying cry “your turn, doctor” used against then-Syrian President...
Countries across the Middle East are making moves and preparing for President Donald Trump’s incoming United States administration. Many of the region’s leaders were in power during the first...
Egypt has made significant strides in purging school textbooks of antisemitic content and other problematic material, revising over 350 state-issued books since 2018 as a part of an ambitious reform program....
In the midst of Egypt’s prolonged economic strains, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Cairo initial approval for an additional disbursement of $1.2 billion following a review of its initial loan agreement. The funding will be made available to Cairo following approval by the IMF Executive Board...
Dublin’s goal, according to Israel’s ambassador to Ireland, has been to undermine the Jewish state’s ability to defend itself by launching lawfare to chip steadily away at its sovereign rights.
Egypt has made significant strides in purging school textbooks of antisemitic and anti-Christian content, with approximately 80 percent of Egyptian students in elementary and preparatory education now...
Ankara’s recent geopolitical gains go beyond just Syria.
If Julani is to remain in power for the coming years, he could play a transformative role in Syria and the Middle East.
The case of Egyptian translator and political cartoonist Ashraf Omar casts a spotlight on Egypt’s abuse of pretrial detention laws, which enable the state to incarcerate detainees without evidence or...