An Egypt-sponsored ceasefire aimed at deescalating hostilities between Israel and Hamas failed to take hold on Tuesday, with the Israelis unilaterally suspending military action against the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip at the designated 9:00 a.m. start time, but with Palestinian fighters subsequently exploiting the lull to launch roughly 50 rockets at...

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At just before 9am local time on July 15, Israel’s cabinet approved a ceasefire and effectively signaled the end of Operation Protective Edge. Moments later during a conference call organized by The Israel Project, former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren told reporters “Now that Israel has accepted the...

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An analysis published Sunday written by journalist Khaled Abu Toameh reported that “[President Abdel Fattah el-]Sisi and many Egyptians seem to be delighted that Hamas is being badly hurt.” According to Abu Toameh, Egyptians (and many other Arabs) are starting to view Islamists as a threat. True, there are still...

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According to a news report published Sunday, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is slated to meet with Arab ambassadors in the wake of boycott calls in retaliation for Australia’s recent decision to stop using the term “occupied” to describe territories captured by Israel in 1967. The Times of Israel reports: Australia...

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Egypt’s Third Army has deployed the equivalent of a battalion of soldiers near the Israeli border to conduct counter-terrorism operations and prevent jihadists from targeting Israeli civilians – and especially civilian planes – with anti-aircraft weapons, according to a Wednesday report published in the Times of Israel by veteran Israeli...

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Egyptian media outlets hailed the Sunday inauguration of the country’s former military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as a victory for democracy and the rule of law, even as various Western powers continued to respond with something less than warmth to last month’s election, which saw Sisi win 97% of the...

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In his maiden speech as Egypt’s president, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi vowed to stop terror attacks in his country, as part of his bid to make the country safer for its citizens and more attractive for potential investors. The former military chief, addressing the nation late yesterday, hours after taking the oath...

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State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf was pressed at Wednesday’s press briefing over reports – published a day earlier by Al-Monitor’s insidery Congress Pulse – that the Obama administration has continued to delay the shipment of 10 Apache helicopters to Egypt despite having announced in April that it would release...

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American and Hamas officials secretly met numerous times over the last six months, according to a report in the online news website BuzzFeed. The meetings were held between U.S. intermediaries and Hamas’ leadership, which lives outside the Gaza Strip in third-party countries ranging from Egypt to Qatar and Jordan. Topics...

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Washington Institute Fellow Eric Trager on Tuesday published an extensive analysis of the calculations seemingly being made by Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood as the country approaches the first anniversary of the July 2013 ouster of then-president Mohammed Morsi – whose Brotherhood-linked government had brought Egypt to brink of state disintegration –...

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