Sinai

Parashat Shlah: The absolute truth

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

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Truth
Six Day War page 4

On This Day: Six-Day War begins in 1967

In only six days, the IDF conquered the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, and east Jerusalem, defeating the armies of Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon.

|ByJAMES GENN
Judaism seeks to bridge the divide between spiritual and physical.

Shavuot 2026: The festival's Jewish mission to elevate the world

Judaism calls on people not to flee the physical world, but to elevate it through Torah and mitzvot.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
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

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

Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt's Sinai attack

The attack occurred on Thursday south of Bir al-Abd city in the Northern Sinai region.

MAY 1, 2020ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
EGYPTIAN MILITARY forces look on in the northern Sinai.

Concern sparks over US military commitment to observer force in Sinai

The MFO helps ensure there is no need for a military build-up in Sinai and also helps the US play a historic role in peace between Israel and Egypt.

MARCH 18, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
US soldiers walk near a rocket launcher missile at Basmaya military base in Baghdad

Israelis back to Sinai

“For me, Sinai is perfect because it’s a combination of desert and the sea,” she said. “Who needs more than the beach and a book?”

FEBRUARY 18, 2020ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
A tourist rests next to a camel under the stars near the summit of Mount Sinai

Navy, Shin Bet thwart attempted weapons smuggling into Gaza from Sinai

An investigation found that the weapons were destined for Hamas's naval commando unit.

FEBRUARY 4, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Navy, Shin Bet thwart attempted weapons smuggling into Gaza from Sinai

ISIS claims attacked Egypt-Israel gas line, gas flow undisrupted

ISIS claimed that it had detonated a number of explosives next to a pipeline linking "the Jews" and "the apostate Egyptian government."

FEBRUARY 4, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
DATE IMPORTED: February 05, 2012 A fire burns on a gas pipeline in the Massaeed area west of the Mediterranean coastal town of al-Arish, North of Sinai, February 5, 2012.

Sinai hotel worker suspected of sexually assaulting 10 year-old Israeli

OCTOBER 17, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tourist takes a photo at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh in the South Sinai governorate July 11, 2012

A place where Abraham’s children Isaac and Ishmael are mishpacha

Celebrating Sukkot in Sinai

OCTOBER 13, 2019ByGIL ZOHAR
CAMELS AND DOGS are among the more domesticated animals one sees in the Sinai

Israeli detained with bullets in guitar case

Israel's consul-general in Cairo, Dudu Ben-Kalifa, and the Foreign Ministry's consular division dealt with the issue.

OCTOBER 7, 2019ByHERB KEINON
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Gov’t advises against Tishrei trips to Sinai, Turkey

Israelis need to be wary of travel to ¼ of world’s countries

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019ByHERB KEINON
THE SINAI Desert.

Two killed in suicide bombing, four beheaded in Sinai, sources say

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack via its Amaq agency, saying five members of the security forces were killed or injured.

JULY 18, 2019ByREUTERS
Egyptian Army's Armoured Vehicles are seen on a highway to North Sinai during a launch of a major assault against militants