JERUSALEM — The attack this week along the Israel-Egypt border poses dilemmas both for Israel and for the new Egyptian president. Should Israel accede to pressure to modify its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt and allow more Egyptian troops into the Sinai...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 4, 2012
Morton A. Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is concerned that it “may already be too late” for effective military action to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, and believes the election of Mohamed Morsi,...
WASHINGTON — Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi is the declared winner of Egypt’s presidential race and his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak, reportedly continues to lie near death in a coma — just like the legacy he tried to craft for himself...
TEL AVIV — Egypt’s military coup is now nearly complete. That may be distressing for Egyptian democracy, but it could help the Israel-Egypt relationship. Sunday’s decision by military rulers in Egypt to rewrite the country’s constitution — a...
JUBA, South Sudan – This city in the world’s newest country is not your typical Arabic-speaking capital. For one thing, most of the city’s inhabitants are Christian. For another, the Israeli flag is ubiquitous here. Miniature Israeli flags hang...
JERUSALEM—If Israel has its way, this is how future conflicts with Gaza-based terrorists will unfold: Israeli aircraft launch surgical strikes on rocket launchers; terrorist leaders are assassinated as necessary; Israeli civilians along the southern...
JERUSALEM -- Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel was attacked for the 13th time in a year. Monday's explosion west of El Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula came after masked gunmen attacked the pipeline, Reuters reported. The extent of the damage is unclear,...
JERUSALEM -- Egypt has lifted a travel ban on American NGO workers who are charged with using foreign funds to incite violence in the country. Sam LaHood, the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, is one of the 16 American NGO employees whose...
JERUSALEM -- Israel's new ambassador to Egypt presented his credentials at a ceremony in Cairo. Yaacov Amitai is the first Israeli envoy named to Egypt since the ousting of Hosni Mubarak one year ago. The Israeli national anthem was played at Monday's...
WASHINGTON -- The future of a key pillar of Israeli security could rest with the fate of a few dozen pro-democracy activists in Egypt. After Egyptian authorities filed charges on Feb. 6 against 43 American and other foreign pro-democracy activists who...
WASHINGTON -- Calls are growing in Congress to reconsider U.S. aid to Egypt. Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), the chairwoman of the foreign operations subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday that a recent...
JERUSALEM -- Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel was attacked for the 12th time in the last year. Sunday's attack near El Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula came after masked gunmen planted explosives under the pipeline, security officials told AFP, the...
