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Parashat Shlah: The absolute truth

When fear overrides faith, even truth becomes distorted; this is the lesson of the spies in the desert.

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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.

Egypt’s dangerous pressure game against Israel - opinion


What challenges will Israel face in the Middle East in the upcoming year? - analysis

With 2025 coming to a close, many of Israel's issues remain unresolved. It’s worth examining 2026's challenges one at a time and assessing the hurdles Israel still faces.

IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, August 1, 2025.

3,000-year-old New Kingdom stronghold found at Tell al-Kharouba, Northern Sinai

Archaeologists unearthed a 105-meter southern wall with a side entrance, an internal 75-meter zigzag barrier and eleven towers, revealing sophisticated ancient Egyptian border defenses.

3,000-year-old New Kingdom stronghold found at Tell al-Kharouba, Northern Sinai.

Three Qatari Foreign Ministry employees die in Sinai car crash

An Egyptian source revealed that though these were ministry employees, they were not participating in the ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Maariv noted.

 The scene of a car crash near Lido junction, May 27, 2023.

Ibrahim Al-Arjani: The new threat to Israel's southern border - opinion

Ibrahim Al-Arjani, a billionaire from the Tarhabin Bedouin tribe, is largely responsible for gun and drug smuggling from Sinai into Israel.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

Egypt's military posture in Sinai and what it means for Israel - analysis

Egypt's goal is to make sure that the Gaza war doesn't spill over into Sinai.

Smoke rises in Egypt's North Sinai as seen from the border of the southern Gaza Strip with Egyp, on July 2, 2015.

Egypt discovers copper workshop, admin buildings, and observation points at Wadi al-Nasb

Excavations revealed architectural and industrial evidence confirming continuous Egyptian mining activity at Wadi al-Nasb from the Old Kingdom through the Late Period, officials said.

The newly uncovered site at Wadi al-Nasb.

The holy site where Moses received the Ten Commandments faces its biggest threat in centuries

Cable car, luxury hotels, and shopping bazaars planned for Mount Sinai region as local Bedouin communities report home demolitions.

St. Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai.

Stop leaving Egypt out of the conversation on Gaza’s humanitarian crisis - opinion

Egypt remains absent from any serious discussion of solutions on any humanitarian issues seen in the Gaza Strip.

 A truck crosses from Gaza to Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, Egypt

Egypt to reinforce military forces along Gaza border, Arab media reports

This includes approximately 40,000 soldiers, air defense systems, and tanks being deployed to the area, according to the report.

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

Egypt-Israel security ties and Sinai’s double-edged role - opinion

The Sinai Peninsula is a vulnerable front and a strategic concern for Egypt, particularly during the Israel-Hamas War.

AN EGYPTIAN military outpost at the Israel-Egypt border as seen from southern Israel, 2021: For the Egyptian public and government, Sinai is not just a geographic zone but a perpetual strategic concern, says the writer.