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Egypt-Palestinian relations
Palestinian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
October 30, 2018, 3:13 pm
Egyptian intelligence officials in Gaza for resumption of ceasefire talks
Latest round comes after weekend violence, reports of Hamas demanding Israel let in $15 million from Qatar every month in exchange for calm
By TOI staff
Palestinians wait to travel to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
October 21, 2018, 9:27 am
Gazans at Egypt border seek to escape blockade
Since May, some 200 Gazans a day have left the beleaguered, Hamas-run enclave; many of them have no plans to return
By Clothilde Mraffko
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a youth conference in Cairo, Egypt, July 29, 2018. (MENA via AP)
July 29, 2018, 11:22 pm
Sissi urges Israeli public to seize ‘a great opportunity for peace’
In direct appeal in Cairo conference, Egyptian president says solution to conflict won’t harm Israel’s security or stability
By Michael Bachner
Muslim worshippers pray near the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, during the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan on May 18, 2018 (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
May 18, 2018, 5:53 pm
Tens of thousands from West Bank attend Ramadan prayers in Jerusalem
1,500 police deployed in capital, but no limits on access to Temple Mount; officials brace for protests in West Bank and East Jerusalem as well as Gaza
By TOI staff
Muslims pray at the Temple Mount on July 27, 2017.(AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
May 18, 2018, 9:32 am
Israel girds for first Friday of Ramadan amid heightened tensions
1,500 police deployed in capital, but no limits on access to Temple Mount, as officials worry protests may move from Gaza border to West Bank and East Jerusalem
By TOI staff
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi speaks during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt, on December 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)
May 17, 2018, 2:26 pm
Egypt’s Sissi exhorts both sides to avoid further deaths in Gaza
Leader says Cairo in touch with both ‘our Palestinian brothers’ and Israelis ‘so that this bloodshed would stop’
By AFP and TOI staff
Hamas's new deputy leader Salah al-Arouri (seated, left) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (seated, right) sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements work to end their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
April 17, 2018, 6:36 am
Egypt invites Hamas leaders for talks on Gaza protests, reconciliation
Cairo pressuring terror group to stop weekly disturbances along Israeli border as part of wider efforts to help implement unity deal with Fatah
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinians bid farewell as they prepare to travel into Egypt after the Rafah border crossing was opened for three days for humanitarian cases, in the southern Gaza Strip April 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)
April 12, 2018, 3:42 pm
Egypt opens Gaza border ahead of new protests against Israel
Rafah crossing to stay open for humanitarian cases until Saturday, while Palestinians prepare for third week of Hamas-led ‘March of Return’ demonstrations
By AFP and TOI staff
Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad, right, and Saleh al-Arouri, left, of Hamas shake hands after signing a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements ostensibly ended their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
April 7, 2018, 4:12 am
Egypt sending mediators to Gaza in bid to save faltering unity deal — report
Delegation from Cairo stepping up pressure to implement reconciliation agreement between Hamas and its West Bank rival, Fatah
By Khaled Abu Toameh
File: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
April 3, 2018, 10:14 pm
Abbas meets with Egyptian intel chief on reconciliation with Hamas
Cairo is reportedly pressuring PA not to impose new sanctions on Gaza over bombing of Hamdallah convoy
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinians wave the national flag during a demonstration in Gaza City on December 3, 2017, in support of the reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
February 25, 2018, 8:41 pm
Egyptian mediators in Gaza press Palestinians to reconcile
Team of officials step up pressure to save faltering reconciliation deal between Hamas and its West Bank rival, Fatah
By TOI staff and AP
Illustrative photo of Palestinian fishermen on a boat off the coast of the Gaza Strip, February 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
January 13, 2018, 2:49 pm
Gaza fisherman shot dead by Egyptian army
Palestinians unclear on why Abdullah Zeidan, 33, was shot in the chest near naval border; call for urgent investigation
By AFP
US President Donald Trump welcomes Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi to the West Wing of the White House, April 3, 2017. (Mark Wilson Wilson/Getty Images via JTA)
January 7, 2018, 5:59 pm
Egypt denies report that it accepts Trump’s Jerusalem recognition
Cairo lambastes NY Times article that said intelligence officer briefed TV presenters on the issue, suggesting the officer does not even exist
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, right, in New York on September 19, 2017. (Avi Ohayun)
January 6, 2018, 7:20 pm
Egyptian media instructed to promote acceptance of Jerusalem recognition
Though Cairo publicly critical of Trump for recognizing Israel’s capital, recordings obtained by NY Times show leaders pushed for conciliatory messaging by TV hosts
By TOI staff
Palestinians argue with Hamas officials and security forces in a makeshift station at a basketball court in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip on November 18, 2017 as they await clearance to take a bus to travel through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
November 25, 2017, 8:29 am
As unity process goes nowhere fast, Hamas leader’s tactic will be to blame PA
Gaza’s Yahya Sinwar, purportedly determined to seek Palestinian reconciliation ‘for the sake of the children,’ wants to be able to say that he tried but Abbas scuppered the process
By Avi Issacharoff
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