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Topic: Israeli-Egyptian border

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January 12, 2013
9:55 pm

Ahmed Jamal Daif (2nd L), escorted by Israeli officers, arrives at the border crossing between Israel and Lebanon, in March 2012 (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)

Israeli nabbed in Egypt asks for ‘political asylum’

From the web Ynet News: Arab citizen who crossed into Egypt illegally claims he is being persecuted by government

January 5, 2013
7:08 pm

Smugglers shoot, wound Egyptian guard near Israeli border

Bedouin were apparenty attempting to bring migrants into Israel

January 2, 2013
6:09 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends on Wednesday the ceremony marking the completion of the main section of the Israeli-Egyptian border fence (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/FLASH90)

Hailing completion of main part of Egypt border fence, PM vows to send home migrants already in Israel

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘achieved the impossible’ by building 142-mile fence to keep out terrorists, smugglers, and migrants

By Michal Shmulovich

January 1, 2013
3:02 pm

Protesters hold up a sign that reads 'Help! The neighborhoods are sinking,' at an anti-migrant demonstration in Tel Aviv, Monday, December 31 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

New year, same old problems

Anti-migrant protests make a comeback, the government’s decision to build in E1 has diplomats grumbling, and cost of living expenses soars with new price hikes

By Ron Friedman

December 31, 2012
11:33 am

An African migrant in Levinsky Park in southern Tel Aviv (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Fearing racial backlash, Shas shelves campaign video that stokes fear of Africans in Israel

Sources in ultra-Orthodox party reportedly believe anti-migrant sentiment worth up to three additional seats in upcoming election

By Asher Zeiger

December 24, 2012
7:57 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Hagai Hadas speak about illegal migrants in Israel, Sunday (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Israel to start repatriating African migrants, Netanyahu announces

Prime minister says no illegal aliens reached the country’s cities in the past several months

By Aaron Kalman

November 14, 2012
2:44 pm

Rockets fired, likely from Sinai, at Israeli community along Egyptian border

Attack roils fragile calm that had settled over region on Tuesday afternoon after four days of incessant cross-border fire

By Mitch Ginsburg and Gabe Fisher

October 30, 2012
5:36 pm

Egyptian president Anwar Sadat addresses the Knesset during his visit to Israel on November 20, 1977 (photo credit: Flash90)

Egyptian court dismisses suit against president to amend peace accord with Israel

Complainants had claimed Egypt’s revolution obligates leaders to review all previously signed agreements

By Elhanan Miller

October 15, 2012
1:06 pm

Egyptian soldiers ride an armored personnel carrier (APC) along the border with Israel. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Egyptian forces on high alert for revenge attacks in Sinai

Salafi groups threaten to strike Israel to avenge leader’s death in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

By Stuart Winer

October 14, 2012
1:32 am

President Mohammed Morsi, center, walks with officials during a visit to el-Arish on Oct. 5. (photo credit: AP/Egyptian Presidency)

Morsi’s Israel challenge

Egypt’s new Islamist president must balance popular anti-Zionist sentiment with the need for security relations with the Jewish state

By Aya Batrawy

October 8, 2012
5:57 pm

Egyptian armored vehicles in Sinai (photo credit: screen capture AlJazeeraEnglish/YouTube)

At least 21 Egyptian soldiers die in Sinai accident

Speeding troop carrier overturns on mountain road near Israel-Egypt border

September 24, 2012
6:41 pm

President Shimon Peres pays his respects to the family of Netanel Yahalomi, the soldier killed Friday afternoon in a shootout with terrorists on the Israeli-Egyptian border. (photo credit: Mark Nayman/GPO/Flash90)

‘Your pain is ours,’ Peres consoles family of soldier slain in border attack

President tells Yahalomi family the entire nation is proud of their son Netanel

By Ilan Ben Zion

September 24, 2012
1:23 pm

Southern Command chief Tal Russo, far right, arrives at the scene of the terror attack on Har Harif on Friday. (IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Egypt threatens to cut off IDF’s hand if it enters Sinai

Member of supreme military council says there is no need for Israel to enter peninsula to calm terror activity

By Ilan Ben Zion and Gabe Fisher

September 24, 2012
12:45 pm

The Caracal battalion, which is made up of male and female combat soldiers fighting side by side, during a training session in November 2007. (photo credit: Yoni Markovitzki/IDF Spokesperson/Flash90)

Female soldier hid behind bush during Sinai attack, sparking kidnapping fears

IDF searched for missing unit member for over an hour after fierce engagement at border