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May 1, 2013
3:53 pm

Egypt's leading opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to journalists at his house in the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Tuesday, April 30 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

ElBaradei says Islamists deluded about ability to rule

Egyptian opposition leader argues his camp would win large chunk, if not majority, of parliament in elections it is boycotting

April 14, 2013
11:55 pm

Egyptian protesters chant anti Muslim Brotherhood slogans outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Brotherhood members face torture charge in Egypt

Protesters who opposed decrees that granted President Morsi near-absolute powers said to have been abused

By Hamza Hendawi

April 9, 2013
8:09 pm

Egypt's Coptic Christian Pope, Tawadros II (photo credit: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Egypt’s Coptic pope blasts Morsi

Following recent sectarian violence, Tawadros II says that Egypt’s president promised to protect Copts ‘but in reality he did not’

By Hamza Hendawi

April 5, 2013
1:05 am

Christian farmer Ishaq Aziz cradles a picture of his daughter, 17-year-old schoolgirl, Nirmeen, who went missing on Valentine's Day and had not been seen or heard of since, in the Minya town of Matai, Egypt, March 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Thomas Hartwell)

Kidnappers target Christians in Egyptian province

Victims, church leaders claim authorities less likely to investigate crimes against the community

By Hamza Hendawi

April 2, 2013
6:09 pm

Egyptian TV host Bassem Youssef addresses attendants at a gala dinner party in Cairo, Egypt on December 8, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Omar)

Spurning US, Egypt doubles down against satirist

Morsi’s party says US comments about Bassem Youssef are a ‘blatant intervention’ in Cairo’s internal affairs

By Hamza Hendawi

March 9, 2013
10:54 am

Egyptian soccer fans of Al-Ahly club celebrate in front of their club in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday. An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot that killed more than 70 people in the city of Port Said. Banner at background showing some pictures of the victims with Arabic that reads, "we will never forget you." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Death toll rises to three as Egyptians clash with police

Cairo court confirms death sentences for 21 for taking part in last year’s deadly soccer riot; mob attacks soccer federation HQ; three killed in separate protests

By Aya Batrawy and Hamza Hendawi and Times of Israel staff

February 26, 2013
10:59 pm

Egyptians chant slogans and hold defaced posters with the photo of President Mohammed Morsi in Tahrir Square, Cairo, May 2012 (photo credit: Fredrik Persson/AP)

Egypt’s main opposition group to boycott elections

National Salvation Front tells President Morsi to ‘dialogue with yourself,’ in move that could further divide the country

By Hamza Hendawi

February 25, 2013
1:10 am

Hard-core soccer fans chant anti-president Mohammed Morsi slogans while attending a rally in front of the provincial government headquarters in Port Said, Egypt on Friday (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

Parliamentary elections no match for Egypt chaos

With streets still fuming since the fall of Mubarak, vote this spring will likely do little to calm protesters

By Hamza Hendawi

February 21, 2013
4:14 am

Egyptian soldiers stand guard during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, last December (photo credit: AP/Petr David Josek)

Egypt’s military growing impatient with Morsi

Army officials threaten to intervene politically, if necessary, to prevent a national collapse

By Hamza Hendawi

February 7, 2013
11:03 pm

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, leaves a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday Feb. 7, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Ahmadinejad lauds Iran’s heartfelt ‘love’ for Egypt

Ending landmark trip to Cairo, Iranian president calls for ‘unfettered’ ties, announces plans to waive visas for Egyptians

By Hamza Hendawi

February 5, 2013
8:35 pm

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II speaks from the historic al-Muharraq Monastery, Feb. 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian pope blasts the country’s Islamic leaders

Head of Coptic Christian Church frets over threats to civil liberties from Muslim Brotherhood power

By Hamza Hendawi

January 28, 2013
12:02 pm

File photo of Port Said after clashes between protesters and police, on January 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo)

Clashes continue in Egypt despite state of emergency

Police fire tear gas at Tahrir Square protesters in fifth straight day of street unrest

By Hamza Hendawi

January 20, 2013
6:25 pm

Egyptian police and protesters clash outside a courtroom in Alexandria, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 19 (photo credit: AP/Ahmed Ramadan)

4 die in Egypt clashes after stray police bullet hits man

Twelve wounded in armed altercations with law enforcement officers

By Hamza Hendawi

December 24, 2012
12:57 am

An Egyptian elderly man shows his inked finger after casting his vote in the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in Fayoum, Egypt, on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

With referendum passed, Egypt’s Islamists tighten grip on power

Controversial legislation receives broad support, may pave the way for imposition of sharia law

By Hamza Hendawi

December 20, 2012
8:03 am

A man rides on a donkey in the village of El-Aziyah near the southern Egyptian city of Assiut on Tuesday.(photo credit: AP/Petr David Josek)

Egyptian Christians cowed into not casting ballots in referendum, activists claim

Church officials say Christian voter turnout low in southern province after Islamist intimidation campaign

By Hamza Hendawi

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Hamza Hendawi

ElBaradei says Islamists deluded about ability to rule

Egyptian opposition leader argues his camp would win large chunk, if not majority, of parliament in elections it is boycotting

Brotherhood members face torture charge in Egypt

Protesters who opposed decrees that granted President Morsi near-absolute powers said to have been abused

Egypt’s Coptic pope blasts Morsi

Following recent sectarian violence, Tawadros II says that Egypt’s president promised to protect Copts ‘but in reality he did not’

Kidnappers target Christians in Egyptian province

Victims, church leaders claim authorities less likely to investigate crimes against the community

Spurning US, Egypt doubles down against satirist

Morsi’s party says US comments about Bassem Youssef are a ‘blatant intervention’ in Cairo’s internal affairs

Death toll rises to three as Egyptians clash with police

Cairo court confirms death sentences for 21 for taking part in last year’s deadly soccer riot; mob attacks soccer federation HQ; three killed in separate protests

Egypt’s main opposition group to boycott elections

National Salvation Front tells President Morsi to ‘dialogue with yourself,’ in move that could further divide the country

Parliamentary elections no match for Egypt chaos

With streets still fuming since the fall of Mubarak, vote this spring will likely do little to calm protesters

Egypt’s military growing impatient with Morsi

Army officials threaten to intervene politically, if necessary, to prevent a national collapse

Ahmadinejad lauds Iran’s heartfelt ‘love’ for Egypt

Ending landmark trip to Cairo, Iranian president calls for ‘unfettered’ ties, announces plans to waive visas for Egyptians

Egyptian pope blasts the country’s Islamic leaders

Head of Coptic Christian Church frets over threats to civil liberties from Muslim Brotherhood power

Clashes continue in Egypt despite state of emergency

Police fire tear gas at Tahrir Square protesters in fifth straight day of street unrest

4 die in Egypt clashes after stray police bullet hits man

Twelve wounded in armed altercations with law enforcement officers

With referendum passed, Egypt’s Islamists tighten grip on power

Controversial legislation receives broad support, may pave the way for imposition of sharia law

Egyptian Christians cowed into not casting ballots in referendum, activists claim

Church officials say Christian voter turnout low in southern province after Islamist intimidation campaign

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