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Screenshot from a video posted by an Egyptian pilot on Instagram on October 7, 2026 showing an EgyptAir plane pulling up next to an El Al jet. (X, used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
October 8, 2026, 10:51 pm
EgyptAir pilot sparks fear after posting El Al plane video with threatening speech on Oct. 7
Video features audio of Egypt’s Sadat invoking ‘eye for an eye’ threat to Israel in 1973; pilot says it has no connection to last week’s flydubai attack; clip said filmed in Milan
By ToI Staff
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 20, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein / Pool / AFP)
August 15, 2024, 12:13 am
Report: Saudi crown prince said he fears assassination over Israel normalization
According to Politico report, Mohammed bin Salman invoked slain peacemaker Anwar Sadat in conversations with US lawmakers to underscore his own personal risk
By ToI Staff
People attend a presentation of a recreated war scene while visiting the "6th of October War Panorama" museum and memorial of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War in Cairo, Egypt, on October 1, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI/AFP)
October 1, 2023, 7:06 pm
‘Victory’ against Israel in 1973 war shaped Egypt but is now a fading memory
Current leader Sissi still uses conflict in effort to rally Egyptians, though figures show 85% of population was not alive at the time
By AFP and ToI Staff
Then-prime minister Menachem Begin during a debate in the Knesset on March 20, 1979. (AP Photo/Max Nash/File)
April 16, 2023, 9:37 pm
Aides speak of ex-PM Begin’s depression, dysfunction near end of time in office
Biographer says signs of mental illness were ‘very clear’ as premier struggled with Lebanon War fallout, wife’s death; in unaired interview segment, Begin said he took pills
By Michael Horovitz
The passport, listed as it appeared in Heritage Auctions official website on March 1, 2023 (Heritage Auctions)
March 1, 2023, 4:58 pm
Sadat’s family angered by sale of passport used for historic Israel trip
Document used during late Egyptian president’s 1977 visit, during which he addressed the Knesset, sold by a US-based auction house in February without family’s knowledge
By Harry Roper
Mohamed Sadat, nephew of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, speaks during an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Cairo, on September 19, 2021. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
October 17, 2021, 8:18 am
Sadat’s nephew emerges as negotiator for release of Egyptian political prisoners
Mohamed Sadat, whose uncle made peace with Israel, acts as unofficial leader for dialogue with el-Sisi administration, elder statesman in Washington amid warming ties
By Farid Farid
Prime Minister Menachem Begin (L) Egyptian First Lady Jehan Sadat at a dinner in the Dan Carmel Hotel, Haifa in September 1979 (GPO Photo Archive/Yaacov Sa'ar)
July 9, 2021, 12:49 pm
Jehan Sadat, widow of Egyptian president who made peace with Israel, dies at 87
Israeli leaders pay tribute to wife of Anwar Sadat; she consistently defended husband’s historic decision to forge full ties with Israel in 1979 after decades of war
By AP and ToI Staff
Top IDF officers look at a map during the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. (Israel Defense Forces/Defense Ministry Archives)
September 24, 2020, 4:55 pm
Declassified: ‘Golden’ communique that could’ve averted Yom Kippur War disaster
Day before surprise attack, the IDF intel chief received a report Soviet nationals were fleeing the area ahead of an impending assault — and didn’t tell anyone for over 10 hours
By Judah Ari Gross
Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak speaks during an address to the World Economic Forum on the Middle East at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Congress Center.May 18, 2008. (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
February 26, 2020, 11:42 am
Rivlin eulogizes ‘brave leader’ Mubarak, who ‘forged new relationship of peace’
President says late Egyptian leader helped create the possibility of reconciliation in the Middle East
By ToI Staff
The President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt concerning the renewal of the negotiations with the Palestinians, January 6, 2011. (GPO)
February 25, 2020, 4:55 pm
Netanyahu expresses ‘deep sorrow’ over death of ‘personal friend’ Mubarak
PM says he had many meetings with late Egyptian leader, hails him for leading ‘his people to peace and security, to peace with Israel’
By Raphael Ahren
In this April 2, 2008 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks on during a meeting at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
February 25, 2020, 1:21 pm
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak dies at 91
Leader who maintained a cool peace with Israel was imprisoned in his country in 2011 for inciting deaths of protesters in demonstrations that toppled his 30-year rule
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House as they sign the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, March 26, 1979. (AP/Bob Daugherty)
March 24, 2019, 9:34 am
On 40th anniversary, Egypt-Israel peace treaty endures in troubled region
Historic accord remains strong in face of Middle East turmoil and political unrest in Egypt
By Mona Salem
Prime minister Menachem Begin welcomes Egyptian president Anwar Sadat at Ben Gurion Airport on November 19, 1997 (Moshe Milner/GPO archive)
March 24, 2019, 9:27 am
A look at the landmark Egypt, Israel peace treaty, sealed 40 years ago
Historic deal ended 30 years of war, endured the ensuing Arab fury and Sadat’s assassination
By Antoinette Chalaby-Moualla
Former President Jimmy Carter pictured before a book signing Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP/John Amis)
March 5, 2019, 5:30 pm
Jimmy Carter: Israeli-Palestinian peace impossible with Netanyahu at helm
Former US president, in Israel to mark 40th anniversary of peace treaty with Egypt, also says he isn’t sure PA President Abbas wants peace
By Michael Bachner
Egypt's president Anwar Sadat, left, shakes hands with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, right, as US president Jimmy Carter looks on, in September 1978. (AP)
February 10, 2019, 4:40 am
Can Camp David recreate Begin-Sadat magic for America’s own divisions?
White House convening Democrats and Republicans at rustic Maryland retreat, long used for Mideast peace negotiations, in hopes of building bipartisan relationships
By Jill Colvin and LISA MASCARO
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