January 10, 2016
3:28 am

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, center, speaks at the funeral of the top public prosecutor Hisham Barakat, killed in a terrorist attack, June 30, 2015. (Egyptian Presidency via AP, File)

Egypt’s president turns to religion to bolster his authority

From the web As Sissi wrestles with terrorism and a weak economy, it is in Islam that he finds justification for a crackdown on his rivals, The New York Times reports

January 8, 2016
10:11 pm

Egyptian forensic experts inspect a bullet-riddled window at the entrance of the Three Pyramids hotel in Cairo where Israeli tourists were shot at, January 7, 2016. (AFP Photo/ Khaled Desouki)

Police kill attacker as 3 tourists stabbed at Egyptian resort

Second assailant injured in second attack on foreigners in as many hours after IS affiliate claims shooting on Cairo hotel

By AP and Times of Israel staff

January 8, 2016
1:59 pm

IS-linked group claims Cairo attack that targeted Israelis

Israeli Arab tourists reported heavy gunfire, but no injuries Thursday when their bus, hotel entrance came under fire near Giza pyramids

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

January 7, 2016
8:06 pm

The broken window of a bus used by Arab Israeli tourists following an attack in Cairo on January 7, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)

Cairo attack was more intense than Egypt admits, says Arab Israeli witness

While Egypt plays down shooting, tourists from Umm al-Fahm and Jaffa describe petrol bombs, sustained and heavy gunfire

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

January 7, 2016
12:25 pm

Israeli tourists targeted in Cairo attack; none hurt

About a dozen assailants shoot fireworks, rubber bullets at Giza hotel, near Egypt’s iconic pyramids; two attackers caught

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

January 4, 2016
6:48 pm

Supporters of Zaki Bani Irsheid, a top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood opposition group, hold photos of him, outside the state security court in Amman, Jordan, February 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Jordan frees Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader

Zaki Bani Irsheid served a year in jail for criticizing kingdom ally UAE, returns to growing divisions in Islamist group

By Karin Laub

December 29, 2015
8:14 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, on November 16, 2015. (Adem Altan/AFP)

Erdogan says Assad ‘mercilessly’ killing hundreds of thousands

Turkish leader appears to criticize Russian intervention in region, says Kurds adding ‘fuel to fire’ of civil war

By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Suzan Fraser

December 29, 2015
1:08 am

In this Thursday, June 4, 2015 file photo, Canadian Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy, left, and his Egyptian colleague Baher Mohammed listen in a courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt. (AP/Amr Nabil)

Reporter released from Egypt prison wants citizenship back

Cairo drew criticism over Mohamed Fahmy’s 2013 arrest for allegedly reporting ‘false news’ on Muslim Brotherhood

By Rob Gillies

December 27, 2015
5:08 am

Agurnesh Mengistu, the mother of Avraham Mengistu, center, seen at a press conference at their home in Ashkelon, after a gag order was lifted over his disappearance in the Gaza Strip, on July 8, 2015. (Flash90)

Family of Ethiopian Israeli held in Gaza slams Hamas ‘hypocrisy’

Terror group demands probe after Egypt reportedly shot dead a mentally ill Palestinian who entered by sea

By Times of Israel staff

December 26, 2015
6:46 pm

A still image from a video aired by Al Jazeera shows a Palestinian man from Gaza wading naked through the Mediterranean Sea into Egyptian territory, where he was shot dead on December 25, 2015 (screen capture)

Hamas slams Egypt for ‘executing’ mentally disabled Gazan

Terror group demands probe after man was apparently shot dead when he waded into Egyptian territory from the sea

By Times of Israel staff

December 17, 2015
4:42 pm

Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi sits in the defendant's cage during a court hearing in Cairo, Egypt, November 3, 2014. (AP/Mohammed al-Law, File)

British government opposes banning Muslim Brotherhood

Still, report describes group as having ‘ambiguous relationship’ with terrorism, and says membership is a possible red flag

By Times of Israel staff and Agencies

October 25, 2015
1:30 am

Illustrative. Army trucks carry Egyptian military tanks in el-Arish, in the northern Sinai Peninsula, August 2012 (AP)

Gunmen kill ultraconservative Islamist in Egypt’s Sinai

Al-Nour Party’s Mostafa Abdel-Rahman shot in front of his home after heading out for mosque Friday

By AP

October 17, 2015
6:01 am

In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015, members of Ultras Nahdawy, a youth group of the Muslim Brotherhood, sing anti-army chants in a protest ahead of the second anniversary of the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the Nahia district, near Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Belal Darder)

Brotherhood missing from ballots as Egypt readies to vote

Banned Islamist party may not be in upcoming parliamentary elections, but analysts say unlikely it’s out for good

By Mona Salem

October 14, 2015
11:56 pm

Illustrative: the Egyptian parliament. (AP/Asmaa Waguih)

Egypt’s election likely to produce powerless legislature

Critics say President Sissi has ‘made election completely colorless’ with ‘laws engineered to take politics out of new parliament’

By Hamza Hendawi

October 10, 2015
10:36 pm

Israeli police at the scene where a stabbing attack took place in Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on October 10, 2015, (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM orders massive call up of Border Police troops amid terror surge

1,300-2,000 extra personnel will be deployed to bolster presence in mixed Jewish-Arab cities, along major highways and in Jerusalem

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt’s president turns to religion to bolster his authority

From the web As Sissi wrestles with terrorism and a weak economy, it is in Islam that he finds justification for a crackdown on his rivals, The New York Times reports

Police kill attacker as 3 tourists stabbed at Egyptian resort

Second assailant injured in second attack on foreigners in as many hours after IS affiliate claims shooting on Cairo hotel

IS-linked group claims Cairo attack that targeted Israelis

Israeli Arab tourists reported heavy gunfire, but no injuries Thursday when their bus, hotel entrance came under fire near Giza pyramids

Cairo attack was more intense than Egypt admits, says Arab Israeli witness

While Egypt plays down shooting, tourists from Umm al-Fahm and Jaffa describe petrol bombs, sustained and heavy gunfire

Israeli tourists targeted in Cairo attack; none hurt

About a dozen assailants shoot fireworks, rubber bullets at Giza hotel, near Egypt’s iconic pyramids; two attackers caught

Jordan frees Muslim Brotherhood deputy leader

Zaki Bani Irsheid served a year in jail for criticizing kingdom ally UAE, returns to growing divisions in Islamist group

Erdogan says Assad ‘mercilessly’ killing hundreds of thousands

Turkish leader appears to criticize Russian intervention in region, says Kurds adding ‘fuel to fire’ of civil war

Reporter released from Egypt prison wants citizenship back

Cairo drew criticism over Mohamed Fahmy’s 2013 arrest for allegedly reporting ‘false news’ on Muslim Brotherhood

Family of Ethiopian Israeli held in Gaza slams Hamas ‘hypocrisy’

Terror group demands probe after Egypt reportedly shot dead a mentally ill Palestinian who entered by sea

Hamas slams Egypt for ‘executing’ mentally disabled Gazan

Terror group demands probe after man was apparently shot dead when he waded into Egyptian territory from the sea

British government opposes banning Muslim Brotherhood

Still, report describes group as having ‘ambiguous relationship’ with terrorism, and says membership is a possible red flag

Gunmen kill ultraconservative Islamist in Egypt’s Sinai

Al-Nour Party’s Mostafa Abdel-Rahman shot in front of his home after heading out for mosque Friday

Brotherhood missing from ballots as Egypt readies to vote

Banned Islamist party may not be in upcoming parliamentary elections, but analysts say unlikely it’s out for good

Egypt’s election likely to produce powerless legislature

Critics say President Sissi has ‘made election completely colorless’ with ‘laws engineered to take politics out of new parliament’

PM orders massive call up of Border Police troops amid terror surge

1,300-2,000 extra personnel will be deployed to bolster presence in mixed Jewish-Arab cities, along major highways and in Jerusalem

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