When Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Cairo on July 9, Beijing framed the visit as a routine bilateral engagement meant to advance its Belt and Road Initiative. The optics were modest: handshakes, vague...
Egypt’s state-run media has consistently promoted anti-Israeli rhetoric throughout the recent war with Iran—even as the government has tried to stifle the same rhetoric among the people.
Egyptian media has painted a picture of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion that bears little resemblance to reality. While American media have reported on Israel’s military gains, Tehran’s limited...
Iran is facing crunch time on its continued talks with the United States over a potential new deal regarding its nuclear program. Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said on June 4...
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...
Arab League Expands Boycott, Lauds BDS: A meeting of The Arab League in Cairo has resulted in the blacklisting of 20 companies over their alleged investments “in illegal settlements...
Hopes of a better US-Egyptian relationship may have just been blown away by the afterburners of Chinese J-10 fighters. Cairo’s participation in an 18-day combined air exercise with Beijing...
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.
For Israel, Qatar’s silence on a fatwa calling for “armed jihad” against the Jewish state is deafening. On April 9, Israel’s Foreign Ministry implored Doha to publicly reject the religious edict,...
Defense Minister Warns Hamas: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on March 21 that the IDF would “seize additional areas of Gaza” if Hamas continues to hold Israeli hostages....
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...
The new chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, visited northern Israel on March 9 and met with IDF commanders along the border with Syria. According...
French Diplomat on Hamas’s Future Role: European states serving on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) — permanent members France and the United Kingdom along with non-permanent...
The questions about Gaza’s future are still unanswered
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
Qatari Official Urges Parties to Negotiate Phase Two: Countering the U.S. and Israeli positions,Majed al-Ansari, a senior advisor to the Qatari government, stated in a March 2 interview...
President Trump has laid down a challenge to Arab leaders: Show me a better plan for Gaza if you don’t like mine. At an emergency summit in Cairo on March 4, the Arab League will attempt...
Phase One of Ceasefire Ends: Hamas said that it rejected Israel’s proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which expired on March 1. During the first phase...