“Israel will not cooperate with such moves aimed at harming it and its security,” an Israeli official told reporters.
By Joshua Marks
The Doha discussions, which reportedly included P.A. official Hussein al-Sheikh, also covered the establishment of an administrative committee to manage the coastal enclave.
Egypt wants to keep the Gazans in Gaza and put the Palestinian Authority in charge.
Egypt has constructed military bases in Sinai "that can only be used for offensive operations," the Israeli ambassador to the United States confirmed.
“The entire region is shaken now, and it's good,” Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Effie Defrin told reporters. “Because for more than seven decades, eight decades, we have repeated the same mistakes.”
"The presence of tanks near Israel's border is a blatant violation of the peace agreement," says IDF Lt. Col. (res.) Eliyahu Dekel.
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Cairo's recent military buildup in the Sinai "requires clarification," said Knesset member Ruth Wasserman Lande
The IDF located the drone and three weapons.
While Israel's defense establishment touts ongoing cooperation with Cairo, observers have concerns.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The drone and weapons were handed over to security forces for examination.
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In Egypt, the released terrorists were welcomed by representatives of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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“The Trump team seems to be signaling a return to friendlier ties,” David May, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
Israeli forces are positioned around the crossing and there is no passage without [Israeli] supervision, oversight and advance approval.'
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Most of the funds aim to bolster the Lebanese Armed Forces, tasked with preventing Hezbollah from rearming south of the Litani River.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Egypt had agreed to allow the P.A. leader entry via the Rafah crossing with Israel's approval, which was denied.
Smotrich call the tripartite statement a "twisted and dangerous starting point" to "pressure us to stop the war and surrender."
“Having a proposal that’s unified between the three mediators can be quite powerful,” said a senior Biden administration official.
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It is believed there are numerous smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza under Rafah, and Egypt profited from the smuggling of goods and weapons to the Hamas enclave.
Israel seized control of the Gazan side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt after launching an overnight ground operation in parts of the southern Gaza city.
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Egypt is not allowing aid to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing.
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According to U.S. officials, a "flood" of humanitarian aid and the construction of temporary shelters will be necessary.
Evidence suggests that control of the Rafah crossing has shifted unofficially to Ibrahim al-Arjani, a Bedouin businessman with close ties to prominent figures including Mahmoud al-Sisi, the son of the Egyptian president.
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As Egypt and the US are not allowing the Gazans to escape from the Gaza strip, Israel has put forward an evacuation plan for the residents of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Israel inspects all of the trucks to ensure that nothing that can be used as weapons by Hamas are being sent into Gaza.
“Egypt is able to protect its interests and sovereignty and these will not be surrendered to a group of extremist Israeli leaders seeking to drag the region into a state of conflict,” said the head of Egypt's State Information Services.
Some 20 suspected smugglers converged on the Nitzana commercial crossing, prompting IDF forces to open fire on them.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli intelligence did not know the severity of the smuggling situation before the war.
Use of the route has grown exponentially in the wake of the Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to visit Egypt to hold talks.
The sites that were struck in the Rafah area where Hamas terrorists were operating.
The mosques have tunnels under them leading them into Egypt.
The missile hit Taba.
In June, an Egyptian officer killed three Israeli soldiers in a terrorist attack along the Sinai border.
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The current building dates to the late 19th century, though the synagogue’s origins trace all the way back to Maimonides and the Middle Ages.
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Cairo would take a broader role in the economy and Israel would get "quiet."
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The discussions will center on Jerusalem's policies in Judea and Samaria.
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The work at Damanhur was carried out in collaboration with Egyptian officials, with volunteers cleaning the grave and its perimeter, restoring damaged windows, and repainting the tomb’s walls.
Hamas doesn't want to openly bicker about their share of the gas, as that would take away focus from “igniting” the region.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This signing of the MOU is “another step on the way to Israel’s positioning as a natural gas power.” the Ministry of Energy stated.
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Report: Tiran and Sanafir islands could be transferred to Saudi sovereignty if negotiations succeed, paving the way to Saudi normalization steps.
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The blast caused a fire but no casualties, Egyptian security officials said.
At least three of the participants in the hastily-organized Negev Summit share trepidations about the 900-pound mullah in the room.
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“We have good news in that we’re going to provide them with F-15s, which was a long, hard slog,” says U.S. Central Command head Gen. Frank McKenzie.
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Report: Egypt is in the midst of adopting a new approach to Israel, striving to deepen economic ties.
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Meanwhile, France said a decision on whether to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was days away, and that Tehran had to make a decision.
There is also a lot of anger at the Egyptians.
The new, free collection includes images of 1,600 manuscripts, dozens of rare photos, and color footage taken after the Six-Day War.
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An Egyptian company will buy 85 billion cubic meters of gas, worth an estimated $19.5 billion, from Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar offshore fields in the Mediterranean Sea over a period of 15 years.
The Egyptians are working very slowly.
Unlike recent similar incidents, the clash with the smugglers did not include an exchange of fire.
The Egyptian army has been contending with Islamic terrorism in the area in recent years.
“Presidents Obama and Clinton's mistake was that they thought there could be democracy in Egypt,” Kara explained.
There is progress in Egyptian-brokered talks with Hamas on the matter of rehabilitation, but not regarding a prisoner exchange with Israel.
According to Kara, “Jordan can now help the Druze refugees on humanitarian grounds."
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The report comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh.
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The Taba crossing between Israel and Egypt also returned to normal operations after restrictions were put in place because of COVID-19.
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The Israeli Counter-Terrorism Bureau has classified Sinai in its most severe terrorism level—“a very high concrete threat—for 17 years.
Egypt stress the need for Israel to restart peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority.
Hamas’s arrival in Cairo occurred as an Israeli delegation arrived in the Egyptian capital, for the second time in a week.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Prime Minister’s Office stated that the two discussed “a broad range of bilateral, regional and international issues.”
Egypt has been take a key role in Gaza.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen says that the conference will help countries bring bilateral trade back to its previous high of $1b billion annually.
Hundredsof hours of singular audio recordings, photos and slides from fifty years of research.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Dead marine animals have been washing up on Israel’s beaches, including a 17-meter baby fin whale.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
This is the first official visit by an Egyptian minister to the Jewish state since 2016.
The move is intended to express support for the Palestinian Authority, which demands that Hamas recognize the PA's full sovereignty over the Gaza Strip.
Cairo is concerned that a Biden administration will be hostile, and will conclude a new nuclear deal with Iran that would undermine regional stability, say Egyptian officials.
Egypt's absence is a message to Ramallah as to how much they actually care if Israel applies Israeli law over Jewish communities.
Egyptian-Israeli relations are at their best level since the peace treaty was signed, mostly based on common security interests. But something can always go wrong.
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The Egyptians warned Hamas that the US will support a major Israeli action against Hamas, if quiet isn't restored.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his team have been mediating between Israeli and Saudi Arabia for the past few months, Israel Hayom reports.
Hamas is upset with Egypt, so naturally they plan to take it out on Israel.
The government approved the export of a total of 60 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas from Leviathan, and 25 bcm from Tamar over the next 15 years.
Egyptian gas companies halted deliveries of natural gas between 2011 and 2013 after terrorists blew up the pipeline in the SInai.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
No photo of the meeting was issued by either side.
By Israel Hayom
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh had planned to travel to Iran, Turkey and Qatar to raise funds • Gaza media claims Egypt and Israel are working together to undermine the terrorist group's ties to Iran.
Egyptian pressure on Hamas is meant to soften the terror group’s stance vis-à-vis Israel and the PA while detaching it from Qatari influence.
Police seized hundreds of kilograms of drugs worth millions.
Everyone expects a major IDF retaliation strike this evening.
The two leaders were attempting to convince as many Arab nations as possible to be neutral toward Israel and to accept economic relations with it.
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The Israeli and Saudi military leaders discussed the Iranian issue, about which their views are similar.
By Israel Hayom
Egyptian intelligence officials are considering withdrawing from the delicate diplomatic efforts to restore calm to the Gaza Strip and to mediate inter-Palestinian reconciliation.
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Surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the crossing terminal.
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“True, the Brotherhood is politically over in Egypt but there is belief that the group is still present and waiting for a suitable moment to come back to the political stage.”
Recent surveys show that most Gazans still support Hamas, so they aren't likely to use this opportunity to leave Gaza forever.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Haniyeh returned to Gaza, Hamas gave an order ... and miraculously, this spontaneous protest by a public that could not handle the situation any more dissipated.”
By JNi.Media
Senior Hamas figures who recently visited Egypt were exposed to heavy pressure from Egypt to agree to the proposed Israeli-American draft of a peace agreement.
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The new Egyptian dependence on Israel to maintain the integrity of their borders is diminishing Egypt's role as independent broker in the Middle East peace negotiations.
By JNi.Media
The Israeli forces lay in ambush until dozens of smugglers arrived at the border fence, placed ladders against the fence and began to dump to the Israeli side bags that contained very large quantities of drugs.
"You’ll have the son of ISIS and the grandson of al-Qaeda that will be fighting [for] this new Shi’ite force."
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An interview El-Molla gave to Bloomberg in November damaged the value of Israeli gas companies' shares, on speculation that Egypt would halt the talks on buying natural gas from Israel.
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Egypt introduced daring legislation and innovative, flexible pricing models to launch their gas export industry.
Around the same time as the rocket attack on Israel, ISIS killed six Egyptian soldiers were killed and wounded dozens more in northern Sinai.
Egyptian activist Hassan El-Shamy: "Only fifteen percent of the Egyptian Parliament consists of women. The percentage should be fifty plus one!"
In the Egyptian plan, Israel releases Hamas terrorists, and in exchange Hamas will give Israel some information on the missing Israelis they're holding.
The move culminates several months of negotiations between Egyptian and Israeli security officials about securing the staff.
What comes around goes around.
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The Egyptian government will renovate the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue in Alexandria, although it claims it is an Egyptian rather than a Jewish site.