יום רביעי, ו׳ אלול תשפ״וWednesday, August 19, 2026
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By Vera Kessler
Rebbetzin Mattie, is the rebbetzin of the Schneerson Center, a synagogue in San Francisco, California.
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.
According to Smotrich, the Israel Defense Forces and the security establishment “did not tell us the truth, and said it wasn’t the P.A.”
Egypt wants to keep the Gazans in Gaza and put the Palestinian Authority in charge.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Cairo's recent military buildup in the Sinai "requires clarification," said Knesset member Ruth Wasserman Lande
The IDF located the drone and three weapons.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The drone and weapons were handed over to security forces for examination.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In Egypt, the released terrorists were welcomed by representatives of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“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.'
By Canaan Lidor
"If Israelis don’t control it, they don’t control Gaza,” Middle East analyst Daniel Pipes says of the Philadelphi Corridor.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Most of the funds aim to bolster the Lebanese Armed Forces, tasked with preventing Hezbollah from rearming south of the Litani River.
The family, from Hod Hasharon, was hiking near the Tel Qana archaeological site.
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.
By David Isaac
Off-and-on negotiations have continued for months with the United States, Egypt and Qatar acting as mediators.
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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Egypt is not allowing aid to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing.
Exports to Egypt and Jordan increased by 25%.
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.
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.
Gazan are calling the IDF simply to vent their anger at Hamas and encourage the Israelis to continue their offensive.
By Ariel Kahana
Israeli intelligence did not know the severity of the smuggling situation before the war.
Hamas terrorists have been fighting with Gazans over food.
Use of the route has grown exponentially in the wake of the Houthi attacks on commercial vessels.
The sites that were struck in the Rafah area where Hamas terrorists were operating.
The mosques have tunnels under them leading them into Egypt.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
As Israel and Hamas negotiated (and eventually agreed) to extend their ceasefire swap for hostages agreement . . . Egypt reportedly imposed heavy pressure on Yahya Sinwar.
The missile hit Taba.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
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.
(TPS) Former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot revealed earlier this month that Israel was asked by Egypt in 2015 to conduct airstrikes against Islamic State targets. “There aren’t many countries in the world that know how to locate targets the size of a podium and to put a missile on […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Cairo would take a broader role in the economy and Israel would get "quiet."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The discussions will center on Jerusalem's policies in Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
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 Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Egyptian trade delegation visits Israel for the first time in a decade.
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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Report: Tiran and Sanafir islands could be transferred to Saudi sovereignty if negotiations succeed, paving the way to Saudi normalization steps.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The blast caused a fire but no casualties, Egyptian security officials said.
In Gaza, it is said that Sahib, Matawa’s brother, also joined ISIS in Sinai.
Tension between Saudi Arabia and the US have been rising under the Biden administration.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Report: Egypt is in the midst of adopting a new approach to Israel, striving to deepen economic ties.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
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.
By David Isaac
Hailed as the first major partnership to come out of the Abraham Accords, the deal has come under fire from environmental groups for allegedly posing a risk to the Gulf of Eilat’s coral reefs.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
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.
Egypt has been mediating between Israel and Hamas.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The report comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Taba crossing between Israel and Egypt also returned to normal operations after restrictions were put in place because of COVID-19.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli Counter-Terrorism Bureau has classified Sinai in its most severe terrorism level—“a very high concrete threat—for 17 years.
Hamas’s arrival in Cairo occurred as an Israeli delegation arrived in the Egyptian capital, for the second time in a week.
Egypt has been mediating with Hamas.
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.”
Whoever has the hand on the faucet of the rehabilitation money will have tremendous influence in Gaza.
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.
Hamas stands to take control if any elections are held in the Palestinian Authority.
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.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Egyptians warned Hamas that the US will support a major Israeli action against Hamas, if quiet isn't restored.
Hamas is upset with Egypt, so naturally they plan to take it out on Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In total, some 35 trillion cubic feet of gas have been found in Israeli waters, worth some $500 billion.
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.
Warning: Graphic descriptions of prison life in Egypt.
By JNi.Media
The size of the fish indicated a transition to marine agriculture: as of 3,500 years ago, they were down to "plate size," about one pound in weight and 15 inches in length.
By JNi.Media
Fooled us once, shame on us. There won't be a second fooling.
Noa, a Hebrew speaker from Israel, competes against Sherouk, an Arabic speaker from Egypt, as they try to identify similar words in each others language.
By JNi.Media
The Palestinian Authority has been boycotting the Trump administration since December 2017, which is why Kushner and Greenblatt will likely skip Ramallah this time.
By JNi.Media
Surveillance cameras have been installed throughout the crossing terminal.
By JNi.Media
“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.
Jono and Ross have a packed show this week.
EgyptAir owns an unmarked commercial airline called Air Sinai, which flies to Israel, under the radar.
Tom Garden is a Jewish man in Minnesota USA who came to Israel as a Young Man to serve in the IDF as a lone soldier.
Despite the reconciliation agreement, Gazans are still having trouble escaping from Gaza into Egypt.
By JNi.Media
Egypt introduced daring legislation and innovative, flexible pricing models to launch their gas export industry.
Two Arabs who are friends of Israel.
Around the same time as the rocket attack on Israel, ISIS killed six Egyptian soldiers were killed and wounded dozens more in northern Sinai.
By JNi.Media
Sooner or later, this shiny package of a reconciliation is bound to fall apart, since it makes no sense.
By JNi.Media
Both the Hamas in Gaza and the PLO in Judea and Samaria have not held parliamentary elections in more than a decade, and it remains to be seen who would win such an election – should the PA government call one.
By JNi.Media
The Hebron based importer, a citizen of the Palestinian Authority, refuses to cooperate with Ashdod Customs.
What comes around goes around.
By JNi.Media
In other words, since Mahmoud Abbas is freezing payments to Egypt and Israel for fuel and electric supply, Israel should make up the difference out of its own pocket.
By JNi.Media
Apparently, the folks in Gaza can go without their refrigerators, as long as somebody does something about those pesky settlements.
“Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Saudi Arabia must create a joint protection program to remove all anthropogenic stressful conditions."
"Sometimes you have to hit a wall, feel the rift, in order to build a new bridge."
The IDF said nothing hit southern Israel.
Though the United States participated, Israeli officials were furious when the U.S. announced it would boycott the opening ceremony.
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