Sinai

Parashat Shlah: The absolute truth

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

Truth
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On This Day: Six-Day War begins in 1967

Judaism seeks to bridge the divide between spiritual and physical.

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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


Eight peacekeepers killed in military helicopter crash in Sinai

Israel Air Force's search-and-rescue unit reportedly evacuated one person in critical condition to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.

THE SINAI Desert.

Shifting terrorist tactics slow development in Egypt's North Sinai

An Islamist insurgency spread in northern Sinai after the military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.

CAMELS AND DOGS are among the more domesticated animals one sees in the Sinai

Health Ministry: Sinai border crossing can be open for Israeli travelers

Travelers will be expected to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine period upon their return.

WHAT IS thought to be Mount Sinai today, in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Parashat Matot-Masei: What anger does to us

The entrance to the Land of Israel was replete with wars, and this week we read about the war fought against the five kings of Midian.

Anger, illustrative

Parashat Beha'alotcha: A story of humility and sensitivity

Eldad and Medad, two anonymous people who are never mentioned again in the bible, teach us of the importance of humility and sensitivity as a condition for spiritual distinction.

DESERT WANDERINGS: The Jewish Nation’s beginnings.

Rivlin marks the memory of those who died in the Six Day War

The President honored the memory of those who died in the Six Day War as well as those who died in the War of Attrition.

President Reuven Rivlin addressing the audience during an event honoring the memory of IDF soldiers who died during the 1967 Six Day War

Conference of Presidents urge Trump not to withdraw from Sinai

Twelve lawmakers representing key Senate and House of Representatives committees called for continued U.S. support of the international peacekeeping force in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on March 5

North Sinai security situation may be deteriorating, concern increases

Experts caution that Islamic State terror cells could be moving from east to west, potentially getting closer to Suez Canal, mainland Egypt

Military forces are seen in North Sinai, Egypt, December 1, 2017. Picture taken December 1, 2017.

Steinitz: US, Israel to discuss drawing down peacekeeping force in Sinai

The drawdown would come as Egypt battles an Islamist insurgency in the desert peninsula

Minister of Energy and Likud MK, Yuval Steinitz, speaks at the The Jerusalem Post-Ma'ariv Elections Conference, September 11 2019

Egypt reports 15 military casualties in Sinai recently

The statement came three days after the military said 10 personnel were killed or wounded in an attack near Bir al-Abd in North Sinai. Islamic State claimed the attack.

Military forces are seen in North Sinai, Egypt, December 1, 2017. Picture taken December 1, 2017.