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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

Israeli minister discusses ‘solidarity in fighting terrorism’ in Cairo

“We need to act together to eradicate terrorism everywhere and anywhere.”

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Gila Gamliel

Netanyahu condemns ‘horrific’ attack on Egypt

“Terrorism will be defeated more quickly if all countries act against it together,” he said.

NOVEMBER 26, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN, HAGAY HACOHEN
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) during their meeting as part of an effort to revive the Middle East peace process ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017 in this handout picture courtesy

My Word: When Sadat showed the way

The visit by the Egyptian president 40 years ago was as momentous as Neil Armstrong’s first moon-walk.

NOVEMBER 23, 2017ByLIAT COLLINS
Supporters of the army hold posters of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat at his tomb in Cairo.

Egypt and Israel: Love your neighbor?

Israel and Egypt are too important to each other to just give up.

NOVEMBER 23, 2017ByKSENIA SVETLOVA
ANWAR SADAT and Menachem Begin chat during the former Egyptian president’s historic visit to Jerusalem in 1977.

Israeli parliament celebrates 40th anniversary of historic Sadat speech

Egyptian ambassador to Israel is sole representative at Knesset event marking visit that lead to groundbreaking peace deal.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Egyptian Ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat with Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein.

Egyptian Ambassador to Israel: Chaos will break out without peace with the Palestinians

The Egyptian ambassador is expected to address the Knesset on Tuesday on the 40th anniversary of Anwar Sadat's visit.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with new Egyptian Ambassador Hazem Khairat in Jerusalem, February 29, 2016

Forty years after Sadat visit, Egyptian-Israeli peace faces uncertain future

It was on November 19, 1977 that Sadat stunned the world by visiting Jerusalem.

NOVEMBER 17, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
ANWAR SADAT and Menachem Begin chat during the former Egyptian president’s historic visit to Jerusalem in 1977.

Amid diplomatic flurry, calls for regional peace

Is the long-ignored Arab peace initiative making a comeback?

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017ByLINDA GRADSTEIN/THE MEDIA LINE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President al-Sisi in New York.

Sisi tells Netanyahu he wants to help broker peace

Egypt has become increasingly involved in efforts to stabilize the situation in Gaza and bring about a Fatah-Hamas reconciliation.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President al-Sisi in New York

Netanyahu to meet Egypt's Sisi publicly for first time in New York

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Trump, like Israel but unlike Obama, sees Iran as problem in Mideast, not solution.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi attends the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries in Xiamen in southeastern ChinaÕs Fujian Province, Sept. 5, 2017