Shimon Peres, Israel's president, has said there has been "progress" in efforts to free Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Hamas three years ago. The disclosure by Peres,...
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had a phone conversation with the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, shortly before the meeting of the higher Arab ministerial monitoring committee. Held at...
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News The Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, has congratulated his Israeli counterpart, Shimon Peres, on the 62nd anniversary of the declaration of the state of Israel in Palestine. On Tuesday morning,...
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News A police witness in the trial of Hosni Mubarak and his cohorts in Cairo has said that Egypt's ex-Interior Minister, Habib Al-Adly, gave the orders to fire on demonstrators;...
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News A leading Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, has warned that the trial of former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, and the status he was reduced to after its first session, will...
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News The Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has claimed that ex-president Hosni Mubarak and his ousted regime imprisoned 40000 Muslim Brotherhood members for at least 6 years. In total,...
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News The Israeli embassy in Washington has been preoccupied with organising a number of meetings between the Israeli Minister of Defence, Ehud Barak, and several members of the US Congress....
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News Egypt has sent around 800 soldiers to the Sinai Peninsula in response to the popular demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. Israel gave its consent for the...
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News Israel's Deputy Prime Minister has claimed that Western states have "failed" to assist leaders and regimes allied with them in the Middle East. Silvan Shalom's statement was made in...
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News The national Security Adviser to the Israeli Prime Minister visited Egypt on 28 December in preparation for a meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Benjamin Netanyahu. That meeting...
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News In March 1996, leaders from 29 countries met in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh for a "Summit of the Peacemakers". Co-hosted by the then Egyptian President Hosni...
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News The International Union of Muslim Scholars has expressed its appreciation of the Emir of Qatar's visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Describing the visit as "a bold and...
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News Israel's El Al airline has stopped all flights to and from Cairo. The head of the Egyptian Civil Airline Authority, Mohammed al-Sharif, said on Monday that El Al stopped...
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News Haaretz newspaper in Israel has expressed surprise at the new arrangements in place to facilitate international travel for Palestinians leaving Gaza through the Rafah crossing into Egypt. Reports suggest...
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News On Sunday, Egypt's President, Mohammed Morsi, ordered the retirement of Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, Egypt's Defence Minister and Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF); the...
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News The campaign team of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party candidate Dr. Mohamed Morsi has announced his victory in the presidential election run-off. Morsi's campaign told Quds Press...
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News EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The first democratic presidential election in Egypt's history is taking place this week. Nearly 51 million people have the right to vote after years of political domination...
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News Ex-vice president Omar Suleiman has announced his withdrawal from the race for the Egyptian presidency. Suleiman, who served under ousted Hosni Mubarak, cited his inability to provide the administrative,...
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News Deposed president Hosni Mubarak will be transferred to a specially-prepared room at Tora Prison "very soon". The decision was announced by the Egyptian Parliament's Defence and National Security Committee...
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News Documents obtained by the Egyptian "Rose al-Yusef" newspaper have revealed that throughout 2011 Israel sought international agreement for a plan which would establish an alternative to the Suez Canal....
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News Thousands of Egyptians from all political trends gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Wednesday on the first anniversary of the 25 January Revolution which ousted Hosni Mubarak. The...
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News Egypt has taken its first steps towards the transfer of power from military to civilian rule with the opening session of the newly-elected Parliament. The new intake elected the...
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News The Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee has said that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) must prepare for the scenario of a collapsed Egypt-Israel peace treaty....
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News A member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) has said that Israel should prepare for a confrontation with Egypt due to the recent political developments. Benjamin Ben-Eliezer of the Israeli...
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News Media reports in Egypt claim that the national security agencies have swept the Presidential Palace clean of surveillance equipment. It is alleged that the electronic bugs were installed by...
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News On Thursday morning, Israel's Channel 7 website reported that the US will hand over four advanced model F16 fighter jets to the new Egyptian regime as part of a...
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News Israeli sources have said that the Israel Defence Forces' decision to prevent its citizens from going to the border area with Egypt and the security zone comes after the...
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News A journalist specialising in Arab affairs has said that the situation in Jordan is on the verge of exploding. Smadar Perry, who writes for Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, noted...
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News Media reports claim that Israel and Jordan are against the project to build a bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Israel is taking the issue so seriously that it...
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News An important military study prepared by Colonel Ronen Cohen addresses the "most dangerous" challenges facing Israel in 2013. Published by the Ministry of Defence in its Israel Defence house...
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News The former Egyptian public prosecutor, Abdul-Majid Mahmoud, hampered the trials of officials from the ousted regime when they were charged over the killing of protestors and financial corruption, AP...
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News Ousted president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak knew in advance about the 2008 Israeli against Gaza his ex-foreign minister has claimed. "The attack," said Ahmed Abul-Ghait, "was needed by Israeli...
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