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Egypt’s dangerous pressure game against Israel - opinion

Cairo’s live-fire drills near the Israeli border come as Egypt faces economic pressure, Red Sea instability, and growing questions over President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regional strategy.

|ByDR. EDY COHEN
Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.
Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

Israel needs a diplomatic alternative to war with Iran - opinion

Peace usually begins not with trust but with exhaustion. When both sides conclude that war no longer serves their interests, diplomacy becomes thinkable.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the annual Cyber Week, at Tel Aviv University, December 9, 2025

Bennett says Netanyahu’s advisers damaged relations with Egypt, deserve life imprisonment

“Section 121 of the Criminal Law explicitly states that a person who deliberately harms Israel’s relations with another country faces up to life imprisonment," Bennett said.

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
Diaa Rashwan, head of Egypt's Press Syndicate and chairman of the State Information Service (SIS), speaks in Cairo, Egypt, May 15, 2022

Egypt says gas deal with Israel 'purely commercial,' does not change Palestine stance

"The deal serves a strategic interest to enhance Egypt's position as the only regional center for gas trading in the Eastern Mediterranean," official Diaa Rashwan said.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Ex-Israeli spy in Egypt, Marcelle Ninio, dies

Born in Egypt, Marcelle Ninio was a natural recruit because of her fluency in French and English

OCTOBER 23, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
A minaret is seen through early morning haze on the skyline of Cairo, Egypt March 21, 2018

Book review: Begin’s dramatic journey to peace

Gerald Steinberg and Ziv Rubinovitz have penned a deep dive of Israel’s first-ever peace treaty with a neighboring country

MAY 15, 2019ByBEN FISHER
MENACHEM BEGIN, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at a Marine Corp Ceremony on September 7, 1978.

Stable but tepid

The Israel-Egypt peace treaty after 40 years

MARCH 24, 2019ByELIE PODEH
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Steinitz visits Egypt, first Israeli minister since Arab Spring

"This is the biggest economical cooperation between Israel and Egypt since the signing the peace treaty."

JANUARY 14, 2019ByALON EINHORN
Yuval Steinitz visits Egypt, Jan 2019.

Egypt's Sisi: Military cooperation with Israel at unprecedented levels

Comments were made during an interview with CBS News set to be aired on Sunday

JANUARY 4, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New York

MK Kahlon confirms Netanyahu met Sisi about Gaza

Moshe Kahlon: "Everything that will happen in Gaza will be done with Egyptian mediation and involvement."

AUGUST 14, 2018ByREUTERS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President al-Sisi in New York

Egypt: Israel's Jewish nation-state law undermines Middle East peace

On Friday, Egypt's al-Azhar Mosque denounced the Israeli law calling it "a step that reflects repugnant racism."

JULY 21, 2018ByREUTERS
The Knesset votes on the nation-state bill, July 19, 2018

Free Gaza!

JUNE 3, 2018ByDOVID BEN-MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

Israel says Hamas curbed Gaza protests after Egyptian warning

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh made a brief visit on Sunday to Egypt.

MAY 16, 2018ByREUTERS
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border east of Gaza City May 14, 2018

Defense Ministry reveals new details on Sadat’s historic visit to Israel

Directive was received to ‘prepare the brigades for war’ following Begin's speech to the Knesset.

FEBRUARY 25, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin stand together at Ben Gurion Airport after Sadat’s arrival on November 19, 1977.