Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi deliberately omitted an endorsement of the Saudi-initiated Arab League peace plan, which provides for the recognition of Israel by the Arab world, according to an investigation by the JTA news agency. Morsi’s prepared remarks included that endorsement, as well as a reaffirmation of Egypt’s 1979 Camp...

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Egypt needs to do more to crack down on Islamist violence and attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, a top Israeli lawmaker said this week as Egyptian security officials warned that Salafist terrorists are preparing to conduct car bomb attacks in the Sinai using Egyptian government vehicles. “Sinai has become lawless territory,” Israeli Vice Prime...

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Egyptians support the Iranian regime developing nuclear weapons, even though they view Iranian nuclear weapons as a serious threat to Egypt, a new poll sponsored by The Israel Project has found. In the poll (Charts), based on face-to-face interviews of 812 Egyptian adults conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, 61...

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The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood elected Saad al-Katani as its new leader, filling a slot left open when Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi formally resigned from the group in order to assume office. The vote is considered a relative victory for hardliners in the Muslim Brotherhood, with Katani defeating the more moderate...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi extended his battle against Egyptian institutions, attempting to oust Egypt’s Prosecutor General Abdel Maguid Mahmoud. The prosecutor general, who is refusing to resign, is under fire for acquittals in a case of brutality linked to the Arab Spring uprisings that toppled the Mubarak regime. Morsi’s actions...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi crossed the 100-day mark of his presidency this week, prompting commentary and analysis on his domestic and foreign policy, including his moves to consolidate internal power and to erode Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. In an interview with the New York Times in September, Morsi demanded the United States “live...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi crossed the 100 day mark of his Presidency earlier this week, prompting media commentary on, among other things, his efforts to reframe Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. Al Jazeera wrote in complimentary terms about Morsi’s success in “subtly shifting the emphasis of the Camp David accords”...

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The human rights situation in Egypt worsened over the weekend, with gunmen opening fire on the home of a Coptic Christian. A wave of similar attacks had forced the government to issue condemnations and assurances mere hours before the incident, with Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi promising to protect Christians. Coptic...

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The post-Arab Spring Middle East is coalescing into new and potentially destabilizing camps, according to analysts commenting on Hamas’s move out of the Syrian-Iranian orbit and into that of Egypt. Syrian state television lashed out at Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, a former ally of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, after Mashaal attended...

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The security situation along the Egyptian-Israeli border has reached a “crisis point” due to Egyptian inaction.Cairo’s unwillingness or inability to maintain control over the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel ceded to Egypt as part of the Camp David Accords in exchange for what has turned out to be an increasingly cold peace...

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