Egypt

Then-head of the IDF Northern Command Maj. Gen. Yizhak Hofi, left, speaks to then-IDF chief of staff David Elazar, right, and other IDF top officers during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in an undated photograph. (Defense Ministry Archive)

‘Maybe we should bomb Damascus?’: Yom Kippur War deliberations declassified

Defense Ministry releases transcripts of government meetings during 1973 conflict, showing the leadership’s uncertainty and concerns in the first few days of fighting

January 21, 2021, 9:30 pm

‘Maybe we should bomb Damascus?’: Yom Kippur War deliberations declassified

Defense Ministry releases transcripts of government meetings during 1973 conflict, showing the leadership’s uncertainty and concerns in the first few days of fighting

By Judah Ari Gross

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson Talaat Fahmy speaks during an interview in his office in Istanbul, January 19, 2021. (Bulent Kilic / AFP)

January 21, 2021, 2:31 pm

Egypt uprising ‘inevitable’ due to Sissi’s oppression, say Muslim Brothers

Spokesman for Islamic movement, whose members have been killed, imprisoned or chased out by Cairo regime, says current leader’s rule more damaging than Mubarak’s

By Ezzedine SAID

New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain in 1980. (Peter Noble/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)

January 17, 2021, 8:31 am

Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the New York Dolls, dies aged 69

Musician hailed as a ‘lynchpin’ of the influential rock band; moved to the US as a child when his family fled rising anti-Semitism in Cairo in 1956

By Gabe Friedman

Ambassador Amira Oron in front of the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, in an undated photo. The provided photo has been digitally altered by The Times of Israel for artistic effect. (Courtesy: Amira Oron)

January 10, 2021, 11:31 am

With an outstretched hand, an ambassador brings Israel back into Egypt

Returning to Cairo as Jerusalem’s top diplomat there, Amira Oron says there are plenty of opportunities to broaden ties and sees Egyptians finally warming up to the Jewish state

By Tal Schneider

Egyptian rapper Mohamed Ramadan. (screen capture, YouTube)

January 4, 2021, 10:45 pm

Egypt rapper suspended over selfies with Israelis is reinstated to TV series

Mohamed Ramadan posts photo of himself on set of ‘Musa’ days after Egyptian court rejects case aimed at preventing him from acting, singing

By AFP

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands as he leaves the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, after addressing a joint meeting of Congress in a speech opposing the imminent Iran nuclear deal . (AP/Andrew Harnik)

December 25, 2020, 11:44 pm

Normalizing with Israel, Arab states look to gain powerful ally in Washington

Israel has lobbied on behalf of countries willing to establish ties, and others hoping for the same kind of muscle on the Hill are likely taking notice

By Jacob Magid

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (4th L) takes part in a rally as Palestinians call for a 'Day of Rage' to protest Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, in Gaza City on July 1, 2020 (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

December 15, 2020, 1:58 pm

Israel offered to release murderers in talks on Hamas prisoner swap – report

Senior official in terror group tells Lebanese paper Jerusalem was prepared to release ‘hundreds of Palestinians’ in exchange for captive civilians, soldiers’ remains held in Gaza

By Aaron Boxerman and Judah Ari Gross

Actress Scarlett Johansson attends the special screening of 'Jojo Rabbit' during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, September 8, 2019. (VALERIE MACON/AFP)

December 10, 2020, 2:41 pm

Egyptian celebs rap ‘Zionist’ Scarlett Johansson over bid to free rights workers

Some prominent figures highlight Jewish actress’s role in international pressure campaign that led to 3 activists being released; others thank her

By TOI staff

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) escorts his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sissi (C) out of the Elysee presidential Palace on December 7, 2020, in Paris, after a meeting as part of el-Sissi's three-day state visit to France. (Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

December 7, 2020, 4:44 pm

Egypt’s el-Sissi pays state visit to France, angering human rights activists

Macron says he’ll raise crackdown on dissent during talks with Egyptian leader

By AP

One of fourteen Egyptians, who refused to be identified, on trial on charges of receiving illicit foreign funds to operate unlicensed NGOs, leaves a cage in a court room in the capital Cairo, March 8, 2012. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

December 7, 2020, 8:57 am

Decade after Arab Spring, vast numbers of political detainees languish in prison

Autocratic regimes still in power, cracking down on dissent in Egypt and Syria, where thousands have died in custody and more harbor scant hopes of freedom

By AFP

Karim Ennarah (L) and his now-wife Jess Kelly, after graduating from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in 2018. (courtesy of Jess Kelly via AP, File)

December 6, 2020, 9:02 pm

Egyptian court upholds asset freeze of 3 human rights workers

Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights says decision handed down without defense lawyers even allowed to read freeze order

By AP

A man in Cairo holds a phone showing a picture of Egyptian singer Mohamed Ramadan posted by the official Facebook page of the State of Israel in Arabic showing Ramadan, right, hugging Israeli soccer player Diaa Sabia in Dubai, November 22, 2020. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)

November 26, 2020, 12:23 pm

Foreign Ministry defends Egyptian actor under fire for photos with Israelis

Mohamed Ramadan faces legal charges, public outcry for posing with Israeli celebrities; Israeli diplomat backs him in widely viewed Arabic-language video: ‘What are you afraid of?’

By TOI staff and AFP

A view of the recently restored fortress of Shali and its surroundings, in the Egyptian desert oasis of Siwa, some 600km southwest of the capital Cairo, on November 6, 2020. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

November 17, 2020, 10:57 am

Renovation of Egypt’s ancient Siwa fortress boosts fresh hopes for ecotourism

The EU and an Egyptian environmental company begin a $600,000 restoration project for the site, which suffered from erosion and torrential rains

By Hager Harabech

A man, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, casts his vote at a polling station in the Talibeya district of Giza, the twin-city of Egypt's capital, on October 24, 2020, while voting in the first stage of the lower house elections. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

October 25, 2020, 1:14 am

Egypt’s parliamentary vote likely to tighten el-Sissi’s grip over legislature

As Egyptians vote, critics say the 596-seat chamber will be toothless as the previous one, which was little more than a rubber stamp for president’s policies

By Samy Magdy

Illustrative: In this July 28, 2018 file photo, Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zied, known by his nickname Shawkan, gestures in a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo. (AP/Amr Nabil, File)

October 22, 2020, 5:56 pm

Rights group slams Egypt for executing 49 prisoners ‘in days’

Human Rights Watch laments ‘systematic absence of fair trials,’ says 15 of those put to death were involved in violence following Sissi’s overthrow of democratically elected Morsi

By AP