April 24, 2016
11:11 am

Egypt ‘clickfunding’ makes mouse jockeys into do-gooders

Frenchmen in Cairo attempt to revolutionize world of philanthropy by raising funds for microprojects through clickable social networking campaigns

By Tony Gamal-Gabriel

April 23, 2016
10:01 am

Egyptian protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against a controversial deal to hand two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, April 15, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)

Egypt arrests dozens ahead of protests against president

Cairo seeks to quell demonstrations after thousands rallied to call on Sissi to resign

By AP

April 23, 2016
6:54 am

Members of Hamas' security forces patrol an area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, where Hamas began increasing its forces, on April 14, 2016 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (SAID KHATIB/AFP)

With new outposts and quadrupled forces, Hamas patrols its border with Egypt

Gaza’s terror rulers bid to improve ties with Cairo, strained since Morsi was ousted; Israel ‘closely watching developments’

By AFP

April 21, 2016
7:27 pm

Mourners attend a candlelight vigil for slain Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni in front of the Italian embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Report: Italian killed in Egypt was held by police before disappearance

Egyptian sources claim Giulio Regeni was picked up by plainclothes officers, then transferred to state security services

By Times of Israel staff

April 21, 2016
5:45 pm

Hamas bolsters security along Gaza border with Egypt

Terror group says move is at request of Cairo; sides seeking to mend ties strained since ouster of Islamist Egyptian president Morsi

By Times of Israel staff

April 18, 2016
1:03 am

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (R) and his French counterpart Francois Hollande hold a press conference at the al-Qubaa palace in Cairo on April 17, 2016.(AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)

In Cairo, Hollande says human rights important in fight against terror

Meeting between French leader, Egyptian president overshadowed by claims of rights abuses; our region ‘is very turbulent,’ says Sissi

By Sabine Wibaux and Samer al-Atrush

April 16, 2016
2:41 pm

Egypt's ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, February 29, 2016. (Prime Ministers Office)

Liberman: Israel, Hamas holding negotiations via Egypt

Ex-FM accuses government of trying to pass problem of Gaza onto its successor, says leadership incapable of dealing with terror

By Times of Israel staff

April 16, 2016
12:38 am

Egyptians shout slogans against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi during a protest against the decision to hand over control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in front of the Press Syndicate, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 15, 2016. Arabic reads, "Awad sold his land" and "Red Sea islands Sanafir and Tiran are Egyptian." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Thousands in Egypt protest transfer of islands, dozens held

‘Anti-regime’ demonstrators take to the streets of Cairo against deal with Saudi Arabia in first significant protest against government since Sissi’s takeover

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and Hamza Hendawi

April 15, 2016
10:27 pm

An Egyptian protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against a controversial deal to hand two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia on April 15, 2016 outside the Journalists' Syndicate in central Cairo. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)

Egypt sees largest anti-regime demonstration in 2 years

More than 1,000 rally in Cairo to protest government’s decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia

By Samer al-Atrush

April 15, 2016
12:56 am

Rebecca Abrahamson (left), Dr. Omer Salem (left-center), Rabbi Yakov Nagen (center-right) and Dr. Joseph Ringel in Cairo, Egypt in March 2016. (Courtesy: Facebook/Yaakov Nagen)

For West Bank rabbi, a rare and risky trip to Cairo’s ivory tower of Islam

With Islamic skullcap and large beard helping to obscure his Jewish identity, though twice confronted by Egyptian police, US-born Israeli visits Al-Azhar University to meet world’s top Sunni scholars

By Dov Lieber

April 14, 2016
11:32 pm

Hamas bolsters Gaza’s Egypt border in bid to ease tensions

Cairo regularly accuses terror group of supporting attacks on its soil, has largely kept its border crossing with enclave closed since 2013

By AFP

April 13, 2016
6:23 pm

West bank of Elephantine Island (Wikimedia commons/Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz CC BY-SA)

Dispelling rumors, Egypt says stars at ancient temple not new, not Jewish

Engraved six-pointed shapes found at Elephantine date to late antiquity, are not Stars of David

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 13, 2016
6:16 pm

The Red Sea islands of Tiran, in the foreground, and Sanafir, in the background, sit at the the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images, via JTA)

Egypt’s president defends giving Red Sea islands to Saudis

Move to cede Tiran and Sanafir to Riyadh, captured by Israel in 1967 but returned after 1979 treaty, was panned by many Egyptians

By Hamza Hendawi

April 12, 2016
7:14 pm

Egypt's Deputy Public Prosecutor Mustafa Suleiman, who headed an Egyptian delegation that was in Rome last week, as he prepares to speak during a press conference on slain Italian graduate student Giulio Regeni, April 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt walks back rejection of Italy request over slain student

In about face, Cairo accepts request to hand over phone records that may help explain killing of Giulio Regeni

By AP and AFP

April 12, 2016
1:17 pm

Tiran Island in the Gulf of Aqaba. (CC BY 3.0/Wikipedia/Marc Ryckaert)

Dire Straits of Tiran

Isaac Herzog and Inbal Or are in hot water, while a deal that sees islands transferred from Egypt to Saudi Arabia has some worried

By Ilan Ben Zion

Topic: Egypt

Egypt ‘clickfunding’ makes mouse jockeys into do-gooders

Frenchmen in Cairo attempt to revolutionize world of philanthropy by raising funds for microprojects through clickable social networking campaigns

Egypt arrests dozens ahead of protests against president

Cairo seeks to quell demonstrations after thousands rallied to call on Sissi to resign

With new outposts and quadrupled forces, Hamas patrols its border with Egypt

Gaza’s terror rulers bid to improve ties with Cairo, strained since Morsi was ousted; Israel ‘closely watching developments’

Report: Italian killed in Egypt was held by police before disappearance

Egyptian sources claim Giulio Regeni was picked up by plainclothes officers, then transferred to state security services

Hamas bolsters security along Gaza border with Egypt

Terror group says move is at request of Cairo; sides seeking to mend ties strained since ouster of Islamist Egyptian president Morsi

In Cairo, Hollande says human rights important in fight against terror

Meeting between French leader, Egyptian president overshadowed by claims of rights abuses; our region ‘is very turbulent,’ says Sissi

Liberman: Israel, Hamas holding negotiations via Egypt

Ex-FM accuses government of trying to pass problem of Gaza onto its successor, says leadership incapable of dealing with terror

Thousands in Egypt protest transfer of islands, dozens held

‘Anti-regime’ demonstrators take to the streets of Cairo against deal with Saudi Arabia in first significant protest against government since Sissi’s takeover

Egypt sees largest anti-regime demonstration in 2 years

More than 1,000 rally in Cairo to protest government’s decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia

For West Bank rabbi, a rare and risky trip to Cairo’s ivory tower of Islam

With Islamic skullcap and large beard helping to obscure his Jewish identity, though twice confronted by Egyptian police, US-born Israeli visits Al-Azhar University to meet world’s top Sunni scholars

Hamas bolsters Gaza’s Egypt border in bid to ease tensions

Cairo regularly accuses terror group of supporting attacks on its soil, has largely kept its border crossing with enclave closed since 2013

Dispelling rumors, Egypt says stars at ancient temple not new, not Jewish

Engraved six-pointed shapes found at Elephantine date to late antiquity, are not Stars of David

Egypt’s president defends giving Red Sea islands to Saudis

Move to cede Tiran and Sanafir to Riyadh, captured by Israel in 1967 but returned after 1979 treaty, was panned by many Egyptians

Egypt walks back rejection of Italy request over slain student

In about face, Cairo accepts request to hand over phone records that may help explain killing of Giulio Regeni

Dire Straits of Tiran

Isaac Herzog and Inbal Or are in hot water, while a deal that sees islands transferred from Egypt to Saudi Arabia has some worried

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