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People walk past a banner supporting proposed amendments to the Egyptian constitution with a poster of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Egypt, on April 16, 2019. (AP/Amr Nabil)
April 20, 2019, 9:45 am
Egyptians vote on referendum allowing extension of Sissi’s rule to 2030
Proposed changes are seen by critics as another step back toward authoritarianism
By AP
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is shown while meeting President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
April 16, 2019, 10:12 pm
Egyptian parliament okays extending Sissi rule until 2030
Amendments will let strongman leader rule for 2 more 6-year terms; critics fear another upcoming vote might allow military more influence in political life
By AFP
In this file photo from January 10, 2019, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Cairo, Egypt. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)
February 11, 2019, 7:17 pm
Egypt accelerates efforts to extend Sissi’s rule
Vote on amendments that could keep president in power for years to come to be moved up by nearly a week, with referendum expected before Ramadan
By Samy Magdy
In this file photo from January 10, 2019, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Cairo, Egypt. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)
February 5, 2019, 5:06 pm
Egyptian parliament advances motion to extend Sissi’s rule
Pro-government media argues allowing president to stay in office beyond 2022 will prevent Islamist parties from regaining power
By Samy Magdy
Illustrative: Logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)
June 29, 2018, 8:31 am
With cries of ‘false news,’ Egypt looks to monitor popular social media users
Under new bill, users with 5,000 followers would be supervised by Supreme Council for Media Regulation, which would be able to suspend accounts
By Bassem Aboualabass and Aziz El Massassi
Egyptian MP Nawshi al-Dabi appears on Egyptian TV on January 3, 2018. (Screen capture: MEMRI)
February 5, 2018, 4:50 pm
Egyptian MP calls for scrapping ‘shameful’ peace deal with Israel
Nashwa Al-Dib accuses Israelis of ‘sucking the blood of the children,’ says kids must learn ‘our number one enemy is the Zionist entity’
By TOI staff
The Red Sea islands of Tiran, in the foreground, and Sanafir, in the background, sit at the the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images, via JTA)
June 14, 2017, 7:01 pm
Egypt parliament okays island transfer to Saudi Arabia
Constitutional court still expected to review legality of deal for Tiran and Sanafir, which has angered many in the country
By AFP
The Red Sea islands of Tiran, in the foreground, and Sanafir, in the background, sit at the the Strait of Tiran between Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images, via JTA)
June 11, 2017, 8:58 pm
Egypt parliament in tumultuous meet over Saudi islands pact
Speaker Ali Abdel-Al, a staunch Sissi backer, looks to win lawmakers’ approval for controversial transfer of Tiran and Sanafir to Riyadh
By Hamza Hendawi
In this Dec. 11, 2016 file photo, an Egyptian Coptic nun weeps as she looks at damage inside the St. Mark Cathedral in central Cairo, following a bombing. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
April 12, 2017, 3:32 am
Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter
Coptic diocese in city of Minya says festivities canceled in mourning for 45 Christians murdered in IS terror attacks this week
By MENNA ZAKI
Mohamed Anwar Sadat speaking in the Egyptian parliament. (Screen capture: YouTube)
February 28, 2017, 6:53 pm
Egyptian parliament boots nephew of Anwar Sadat
Mohamed Anwar Sadat, whose president uncle was assassinated over peace deal with Israel, says his expulsion a warning to opposition
By AFP
Residents pass a kiosk, center, that is used as a clinic where girls are circumcised by a barber, in the Imbaba area of Giza, Egypt, Novenbe 26, 2012. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
August 31, 2016, 11:04 pm
Egypt parliament toughens penalties for female circumcision
Those caught carrying out genital mutilation, prevalent in Egypt but criminalized in 2008, could face 7 years in prison
By MAGGIE MICHAEL
MK Ksenia Svetlova of the Zionist Union party as a new member of the Israeli Knesset, March 29, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 8, 2016, 7:11 pm
Sissi’s peace push still on the table, Egyptian MPs tell Israeli MK
Zionist Union’s Ksenia Svetlova ‘cautiously optimistic’ for regional peace initiative after ‘positive’ talks on water issues with MPs from Arab states
By Marissa Newman
SodaStream’s West Bank factory was relocated to the Negev following international criticism. (Nati Shohat/Flash90/via JTA)
March 8, 2016, 2:35 pm
TOI talks: Finding Waze out of the occupation, gently down the SodaStream
On this week’s episode: Placing blame for the dismissal of Palestinian workers; a huge military clash in Qalandiya after two soldiers got lost; taking the Donald seriously; and fraying Israel-Egypt relations
By Raoul Wootliff
Haim Koren, Israeli ambassador to Egypt, October 2013 (screen capture/YouTube/medisraelforfred)
February 28, 2016, 11:23 pm
Israeli envoy to Egypt: I won’t be deterred by shoe-throwing
After Egyptian MP is attacked for hosting him, Haim Koren says he meets regularly with el-Sissi and ‘countries have shared interest in fighting terror’
By Tamar Pileggi
In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, addresses parliament in Cairo, Egypt, February 13, 2016. (MENA via AP)
February 13, 2016, 4:50 pm
Sissi claims Egypt has completed transition to democratic rule
In speech interrupted by shouts of ‘We love you, Mr. President!’ he also declares Palestinian cause is vital to all Egyptians
By TOI staff and AP
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