JERUSALEM – As Gazans flanked by Hamas terrorists attempt to breach the border and attack Israelis, Egypt on Monday issued a rare condemnation of the Israel Defense Forces defensive actions as the Israeli military protects the Jewish state’s borders.
CAIRO — The Egyptian president declared on Wednesday that his country “scored a goal” by signing a $15 billion deal with an Israeli company to supply natural gas that will help turn Egypt into a regional energy hub.
Israel has reportedly lodged a formal complaint with Egypt for regularly excluding it from diplomatic events and briefings.
TEL AVIV – Forty years after Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat made his historic trip to Jerusalem, Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat on Tuesday addressed the Knesset and urged Israeli leaders to pursue a framework for peace with the Palestinians based on the Arab Peace Initiative.
An Israeli defense official confirmed that the country has developed a new policy in recent years to allow Egypt to quickly beef up its forces in the volatile Sinai peninsula as part of a shared struggle against Islamic militants.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s newly appointed ambassador to Egypt, David Govrin, presented his credentials to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday, to the sounds of the Egyptian military band playing Israel’s national anthem.
TEL AVIV – An Egyptian political commentator said on national television that Israel, the ” filthy Zionist entity,” is behind the tragic crash of EgyptAir Flight 804.
Bloomberg reports: Israel and Egypt are close to a compromise that would sweep away a major obstacle to a multibillion-dollar natural gas deal.
The Jerusalem Post reports: National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz (pictured) met in Washington on Thursday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry for the first meeting between ministers of the two countries in a number of years. The
The Jerusalem Post reports: Shortly after the ouster of an Egyptian MP from parliament for meeting with Israel’s ambassador, another Egyptian lawmaker may find himself in similar trouble for promoting normalization with Israel. Sayyid Faraj, an Egyptian member of parliament, has
Ynetnews reports: Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Haim Koren gave a rare interview to Egyptian journalists in his residence in Cairo on Tuesday, and surprisingly, the transcript of the interview was published, and what’s more, the journalists were not afraid to
An Israeli citizen jailed for 15 years in Egypt on charges of spying was freed from prison on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office said. Ouda Tarabin, a Bedouin from Rahat, who has denied all the allegations against him, was returned
Israel Electric Corp , Israel’s state-owned electric utility, said on Sunday Egyptian natural gas companies will pay compensation of $1.76 billion for halting gas supplies. Egypt had been selling natural gas to Israel under a 20-year agreement, but the deal
