“There was no other way but for the army to intervene,” says Danny Yatom a former general in Israel Defense Forces who headed the Mossad, Israel’s foreign espionage agency, in the late 1990’s. “Egypt was and still is on the verge of a civil war and bloodshed. Only the army...

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked government has formally accused the country’s military of staging a “military coup.” The full statement was posted mid-morning Eastern time on the organizational Facebook page of Essam al-Haddad, the Assistant to the President on Foreign Relations. Haddad is a British-educated senior Brotherhood official who was head of...

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Pro-Morsi protesters at Cairo University – which was the scene of bloody clashes overnight – were heard chanting an anti-Semitic slogan threatening massacres against Jews: Pro-Morsy protesters at Cairo University chant the anti-Jewish slogan: “Khaybar, Khayber, O Jews, the army of Mohamed will return.” — Egypt Independent (@EgyIndependent) July 3,...

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Rival demonstrations are primed to confront each other in Cairo as a 48-hour ultimatum issued by the Egyptian military – during which the political echelon was ordered to resolve the crisis behind mass anti-government protests – is set to expire: Tens of thousands of rival Egyptians poured onto the streets...

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The toll in pro- and anti-government gun battles at Cairo University has risen to 18 dead and 367 injured, Egyptian security sources said today. The bloodshed began in the lead-up to televised address yesterday by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, in which the Muslim Brotherhood-linked president refused calls from both the...

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In a dramatic development, the Obama administration now appears to be urging Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi to call for early elections. Speaking to CNN’s Elise Labott, a senior administration official explains, “We are saying to him, ‘Figure out a way to go for new elections…That may be the only way that...

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Israel’s political and military echelons are watching the situation unfolding in Egypt closely, and are analyzing the multiple scenario presented by the unrest. A senior Israel security source who spoke to The Tower on condition of anonymity given the diplomatic and military sensitivity of the issue evaluated the chance of...

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In addition to its successful mobilization of millions of Egyptians, the so-called Tamarod anti-government movement in Egypt has drawn attention for explicitly denouncing the role that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is seeking to play in the country’s political life. On Monday Tamarod protesters threatened “complete civil disobedience” if the Muslim...

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Egyptian army officials have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to Egypt’s political class to settle the unrest that erupted in the country over the weekend. Sixteen people have died thus far, after supporters and opponents of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President Mohammed Morsi took to the streets in rival demonstrations. Military leaders...

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The New York Times today profiled American-Jewish student Andrew Pochter, who was one of three people killed in violent clashes in Alexandria, Egypt on Friday. Pochter had been in the country to teach English and support pro-democracy movements: The American student who was killed in Egypt on Friday during street...

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