Egyptians

January 31, 2025 | |

European Union Restarts Rafah Crossing Monitoring Mission, Egyptians Protest on Border

Latest Developments EU Resumes Rafah Border Missions: The European Union (EU) on January 31 restarted its civil border mission at the Rafah crossing that separates Gaza from Egypt, according to a statement...

January 6, 2025 | Mariam Wahba

Turning the Page on Intolerance: Egypt’s Textbook Reforms

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....

December 5, 2024 | |

Egypt Ceasefire Proposal For Gaza Emerges as IDF Recovers Slain Hostage

Egypt Offers Up Hostage Deal Proposal: Egypt is understood to have proposed a temporary ceasefire agreement in Gaza that would see the potential release of “the largest number”...

October 25, 2024 | |

Israeli Delegation Will Travel to Qatar for Renewed Talks on Hostages Held by Hamas

A new round of negotiations for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas is set to take place in Qatar on October 27. Mossad director David Barnea was in Egypt this week to...

September 18, 2024 | Mariam Wahba |

Egypt’s Self-Made Crisis

By refusing to acknowledge Israel’s legitimate security concerns, Egypt is undermining its own interests.

July 19, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

At the scene of the Tel Aviv drone attack

Witness the scene as Tel Aviv attempts to deal with yet another fallout from Iranian-backed proxies.

June 26, 2024 | |

Hamas Gunrunner, PIJ Missile Specialist Killed in Israeli Strikes on Gaza

A prominent gunrunner for Hamas and a missile specialist for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) who doubled up as an employee for a leading humanitarian non-governmental organization...

June 18, 2024 | |

IDF Dismantles Half of Hamas Terrorist Force in Rafah

Israeli troops have dismantled at least half of Hamas’s fighting force in Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated on June 17. More than 500 terrorists have been killed...

June 4, 2024 | |

Egypt’s Sisi Orders Cabinet Reshuffle Amid Spiraling Economic Crisis

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi reappointed Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on June 3 and ordered him to form a new government. Sisi’s announcement came shortly after Madbouly...

May 30, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF unearths more tunnels, gains control of Philadelphi Corridor

Three weeks after launching an offensive along the border of southern Gaza and Egypt, the Israel Defense Forces achieved “operational control” of the Philadelphi Corridor. This is the name of the border...

May 23, 2024 | |

Egyptian Blockade of Aid to Gaza Earns Rebuke from U.S.

A senior U.S. official issued a rare rebuke of Egypt on May 22 for blocking aid transfers into Gaza. Egypt shares one border crossing with Gaza in Rafah, which has been closed...

May 17, 2024 | |

Israel: 50 Rafah Tunnels to Egypt Unearthed

Israel went public on May 17 with the discovery of 50 smuggling tunnels leading from the southern Gazan city of Rafah to Egypt. Defending Israel against South African-filed genocide...

March 21, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Egypt hosts Blinken and key Arab foreign ministers

Egypt has played a key role in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.

March 11, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Egyptian activist tells ‘Post’ she condemns Hamas and October 7 massacre

Dalia Ziada condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 but then faced a wave of threats and criticism at home and had to flee to the US.

March 6, 2024 | |

10 Things to Know About the Palestinian Authority

Israel has long sought a partner for peace to establish a two-state solution — the proposed resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that predates the 1948 establishment of the Jewish state....

November 15, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Don’t know much about Middle Eastern history

The appalling ignorance of Hamas supporters

October 10, 2023 | Haisam Hassanein |

Egyptian Kills Two Israeli Tourists and Local Guide, but Cairo Remains Silent

The day after Hamas launched its surprise attack on Israel, an Egyptian security officer — apparently acting on his own — killed two Israeli tourists and their local tour guide in Alexandria. The action...

June 8, 2023 | Natalie Ecanow, Jonathan Schanzer

Why Egypt’s Sisi should go to Israel

An Egyptian border guard shot and killed three Israeli soldiers at a Sinai border post on Saturday. The incident has shocked the Israeli public. And it has cast some doubt on the peace agreement between Egypt and...

June 6, 2023 | |

Cairo Tells Jerusalem: Egyptian Border Guard Killer Went Rogue

An Egyptian border guard who killed three Israeli soldiers on June 3 had gone rogue, Cairo told Jerusalem on June 6 as the neighbors pursue a joint investigation. The guard, identified in Egyptian...

May 10, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Israel’s 75th birthday

Despite endless war, the Jewish state survives and even thrives