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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi

US President Jimmy Carter, center, is flanked by Prime Minister Menachem Begin (right) and Egypt's President Anwar Sadat as they faced newsmen at the conclusion of their discussions toward Middle East Peace moves at Carter's Camp David retreat in Maryland in September 1978. (AP Photo)
December 30, 2024, 11:35 am
PM on Carter’s death: Israel-Egypt peace treaty ‘offers hope for future generations’
Terse message underscores tensions between Jerusalem and the former US president who became a fierce critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Screen capture from video of Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi, son of late spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, as he walks in the Umayyad mosque, Damascus, Syria, December 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 29, 2024, 9:51 pm
Lebanon arrests late Muslim Brotherhood leader’s son wanted by Egypt: source
Judicial official, speaking anonymously, says Beirut will ask for file on Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi before deciding on extradition; Cairo convicted him in absentia for terrorism
By AFP
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and his US counterpart Joe Biden hold a meeting in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 11, 2022 (SAUL LOEB / AFP/ File)
December 21, 2024, 5:42 pm
US authorizes military sales of more than $5 billion to Egypt
Cairo has become an increasingly close partner to Washington in mediating the Gaza crisis, but human rights concerns persist
By AFP
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, left, speaks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, December 14, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 14, 2024, 6:58 pm
Top US, Mideast envoys hold meetings on Gaza deal efforts and Syria’s future
Biden aides discuss hostage deal with Egypt’s Sissi, as Israel said to refuse to free terror convict Marwan Barghouti; Blinken says region wants inclusive government in Damascus
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel attends a meeting of Egyptian and Sudanese foreign ministers and heads of intelligence at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, February 8, 2018. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)
October 17, 2024, 12:50 pm
Egypt replaces spy chief who played key role in now-stalled hostage-ceasefire talks
Sissi appoints Hassan Rashad to replace Abbas Kamel, who is moved to become a special adviser, as Iran’s FM visits Egypt as part of Middle East tour to discuss regional tensions
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (R) meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo on September 18, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
September 18, 2024, 3:06 pm
Blinken meets Egyptian leaders in bid to press hostage-ceasefire deal
In wake of Lebanon pager blasts, Sissi says Cairo opposes moves to escalate and expand war; Blinken praises Egypt as partner for peace and security in region
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egyptian human rights activist, author and analyst Dalia Ziada at her home in Washington DC, August 28, 2024 (screenshot)
September 11, 2024, 8:57 am
Egypt is embarrassed to admit failure to control Philadelphi, says exiled analyst
Dalia Ziada was forced to flee Cairo for criticizing Hamas after October 7; today a lobbyist against Iran in DC, she explains why Egypt rejects Israeli control over the corridor
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Mossad chief David Barnea attends a farewell ceremony in his honor, at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, on July 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
September 9, 2024, 2:08 pm
Daily Briefing Sept. 9: Day 339 – Pessimism from all sides taints hostage negotiations
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman with a deep dive into the growing daylight between Israel and Egypt; editor Amy Spiro on Team Israel’s 20-year high medal grab at the Paralympics
By ToI Staff
In this handout photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi during their meeting at Al-Ittihadiya palace in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 14, 2024. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
September 4, 2024, 12:10 pm
Egypt’s Sissi heads to Turkey for 1st presidential visit in 12 years amid warming ties
Trip comes as countries plan some 20 agreements on gas, defense, tourism; leaders to also discuss Israel-Hamas war, Israeli operations in the West Bank
By Reuters and ToI Staff
View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 12:39 pm
‘Philadelphi is becoming Rafah’: Negotiators lament politicization of ceasefire term
Officials say Netanyahu is making a campaign out of controlling border corridor, goading Egypt and complicating hostage talks, as he did with IDF incursion into southern Gaza city
By Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in El-Alamein, Egypt, on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt/Pool Photo via AP)
August 20, 2024, 7:02 pm
After Israel trip, Blinken meets Egypt’s Sissi as he looks to shore up ceasefire deal
Hamas calls latest ceasefire proposal ‘a coup against’ previously agreed upon framework, accuses Washington of ‘acquiescing’ to Netanyahu
By AFP and ToI Staff
Identification document of Fawzi Muhammad Abdel Mawla, located along with the 22-year-old soldier's remains in the Sinai Peninsula, where he is thought to have been killed in June 1967, when the Egyptian army retreated westward on the third day of the Six Day War. (Sinai Foundation for Human Rights)
July 7, 2024, 9:44 am
Remains of Egyptian soldier missing since 1967 Six Day War found in Sinai
Human rights group urges Egyptian public and government to help locate family of 22-year-old Fawzi Muhammad Abdel Mawla, likely killed in retreat from Sinai on war’s 3rd day
By ToI Staff
Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly speaks during the opening session of the Arab Economic Forum in Beirut, Lebanon, May 2, 2019. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
July 3, 2024, 2:49 pm
Egypt swears in a new cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent
Finance, tourism, foreign and defense ministers among those changed in shuffle, though prime minister and president remain at their posts
By Samy Magdy
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, June 10, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
June 11, 2024, 2:08 am
Blinken discusses hostage proposal, ‘day after’ Gaza war in meeting with Netanyahu
Secretary of state tells PM that US committed to ‘ensuring October 7 can never be repeated’; in talks with Gallant, Blinken stresses ‘onus’ on Hamas to accept ceasefire offer
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from a plane in Tel Aviv, October 16, 2023 (Jacquelyn Martin, Pool/AP)
June 10, 2024, 2:40 pm
In Egypt, Blinken urges regional leaders to ‘press Hamas to say yes’ to Gaza deal
Report says US may separately negotiate release of 5 American hostages if talks fail; US diplomat lands in Israel ahead of talks with Netanyahu, Gallant
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
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