The old and new Nakba: Forced expulsion of Palestinians must be rejected
Nov 21,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud It is simply inaccurate to claim that the ongoing Israeli attempt to displace all, or many Palestinian refugees from Gaza to Sinai […]
Leaked document fuels concern Israel plans to push Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt
Israel says ‘concept paper’ isn’t policy, but Palestinians fear ethnic cleansing CBC News · Posted: Nov 01, 2023 6:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: November 11 An Israeli government document suggesting the […]
South into the Sinai: Will Israel Force Palestinians Out of Gaza?
While previous Israeli governments have tried to depopulate Gaza, today there is a growing momentum to carry out mass transfer—with American support. Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, Israel has […]
Places of Worship: St Catherine’s Monastery
MAGAZINE: EDITION SEPTEMBER 2021Fazal Ahmad – UKWORLD RELIGIONS 11th December 2021 Location: Mt Sinai, EgyptDate Opened: 565 CEBelief: Christianity The Monastery of St. Catherine near Mount Sinai in south-east Egypt, […]
Palestinian peace hopes rise after Egypt talks
Bennett and El-Sisi also discussed regional issues, including Iran’s influence in the Middle East and the crisis in Lebanon, diplomats and security sources said. (Egyptian presidency/ AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/g3449 […]
Egypt to begin implementation of Sinai spiritual shrine project
Egypt is to begin implementing a spiritual shrine project in the Sinai Peninsula. (Shutterstock) Short Url https://arab.news/4jrvq The project will link the city with the rest of the extended coastal area between El-Tor, Sharm El-Sheikh and Dahab MOHAMMED ABU ZAID February 21, 2021 CAIRO: Egypt is to begin implementing a […]
Netanyahu enlarges the circle of enemies
Sep 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH “I am doing everything to defend our nation’s security from all directions: in the north facing Lebanon and Hizbollah, in Syria […]
Egypt-Israel land swap idea likely to be a dead end
DR. ABDELLATIF EL-MENAWY April 28, 2019 Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas stand at the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip in Rafah. (File/ AFP) Concerns […]
A Strange Drawing Found in Sinai Could Undermine Our Entire Idea of Judaism
Is that a 3,000-year-old picture of god, his penis and his wife depicted by early Jews at Kuntillet Ajrud? More than four decades after its excavation wound down, a small […]
Report: Trump Mulling Tripling the Size of Gaza to Create Palestinian State in Sinai
by JNS.org U.S. President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi meet on May 21 in Saudi Arabia. Photo: White House/Shealah Craighead. JNS.org – President Donald Trump is mulling a proposal to create a Palestinian state in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula that would significantly expand the territory of the Hamas-ruled Gaza […]
Church bells ring out in solidarity with Muslim victims of North Sinai mosque bomb
Posted on: November 27, 2017 The al-Rawda mosque in Bir al-Abed, North Sinai Photo Credit: Egypt’s State Information Service Church bells rang out across Egypt on Saturday as an act […]
Sinai tribes vow to eliminate extremist militancy after Friday mosque massacre
We only have death for IS militants, not trials or prisons: say Sinai tribes Taha Sakr November 26, 2017 3:03 pm Following the attack on the al-Rawda mosque in the […]
Sufis well-rooted in al-Rawda, but is there an all-out war on them?
People gather at al-Rawda Mosque in Bir al-Abd northern Sinai, Egypt a day after attackers killed hundreds of worshippers.. (AP) Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Sunday, 26 November 2017 Al-Rawda […]
Fight fire with fire
Fight fire with fire Smoke rises in Egypt’s North Sinai as seen from the border of southern Gaza Strip with Egypt July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa The Daily Star Terror has arrived in Egypt, after years of simmering tension and periodic upsurges in violence. But this week’s assassination of […]
Egypt follows U.S. and Israeli strategies
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star One of the most troubling aspects of the phenomenon of militant Salafist-takfiri groups like ISIS is the appearance of smaller groups across the Arab world that share ISIS’ ideology and methods, and in several cases have sworn allegiance to it. This is no surprise. […]
KIDNAPPED IN SINAI : Criminals demand millions for Eritreans
By Stefania Summermatter, back from Ethiopia Tens of thousands of Eritreans are held and tortured for ransom in the Sinai. The tentacles of the organised kidnapping groups extend to Europe, […]
Single-minded Islamic Jihad grows in Gaza’s shadows
By Crispian Balmer and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Hours after Israeli special forces killed Mohammed Assi in a shootout last month in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both tried to cloak themselves in his legacy. Underscoring their shared Islamist credentials, the two […]
Secretive sect worries even Islamic extremists
EL-ARISH, Egypt — A fringe group so extreme that it worries even Egypt’s Muslim fundamentalists is secretly reviving itself with greater firepower and followers in the country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula. Disciples of the group known as Takfir wil-Hijra, dubbed “Takfiris,” lead secretive, isolated lives where anything and anyone that does […]
US aid cut may force Israel treaty review — Egypt Brotherhood
Reuters | Feb 17,2012 | 23:03 JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood has warned that Egypt may review its 1979 peace deal with Israel if the United States cuts aid to the country, a move that could undermine a cornerstone of Washington’s Middle East policy. Washington has said the […]