The European Union is looking into the possibility of using shipments of grain or fertilizer from Ukraine as part of a wider deal on migration and economic support for Egypt, reported the Financial Times. Brussels [ More … ]
Preventing access to humanitarian aid may constitute a crime, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has said after visiting Egypt’s Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip. The international tribunal has opened an investigation into war [ More … ]
Several new testimonies by Israeli witnesses to the October 7 Hamas surprise attack on settlements in the vicinity of Gaza add to growing evidence that the Israeli military killed its own citizens as they fought [ More … ]
Ahead of Israel’s offensive clearly starting last night, its intense bombardment pummeled Gaza, severing all phone and internet services, leaving Palestinians in Gaza silenced. After hours of intense bombardment, information about Israeli atrocities, coming out [ More … ]
Egypt’s local currency strengthened from a record low against the US dollar on the black market after the central bank eased rules on the use of credit cards abroad, reported Bloomberg. The Egyptian pound was [ More … ]
Citing a senior Arab source familiar with the Palestinian resistance groups, the London-based Middle East Eye reported that Israel will flood Hamas tunnels with nerve gas and chemical weapons under the surveillance of US Delta [ More … ]
At least 100 people were arrested in Egypt after taking part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations late last week, reported Reuters, citing lawyers working on the cases, on Tuesday. State-approved protests against Israel’s military campaign in the [ More … ]
As Amnesty International stated that there is much evidence that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim said Tel Aviv should not be granted a green light to kill. Amnesty International [ More … ]
Since Hamas’ attack, Israel has pushed dozens of online ads, including graphic videos, to millions of people to drum up support for its war on Gaza. Since the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israeli [ More … ]
Egypt and Jordan harshly criticized Israel over its actions in Gaza at a summit held in Cairo on Saturday, AP reported. The Associated Press says this is a sign that the two Western allies that [ More … ]
Under Israel’s continued airstrikes on Gaza for two weeks after Hamas’ attack on 7 October, about 5,000 Palestinians, including children, women, and elderly people, have been killed so far. Leaders and top officials from more [ More … ]
Amid a ‘brewing mutiny’ at all levels within the U.S. State Department, multiple officials at the U.S. State Department say they have already ‘heard colleagues talk about quitting’ in protest against Biden’s Israel-Palestine policy. Morale [ More … ]
“The Israeli government should immediately end its total blockade of the Gaza Strip that is putting Palestinian children and other civilians at grave risk,” says Human Rights Watch. Israel’s denial of entry of water, fuel, [ More … ]
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that Egyptians in their millions would reject the forced displacement of Palestinians into Sinai, reported Reuters Sisi added that any such move would turn the Sinai Peninsula into [ More … ]
The UAE agribusiness Al Dahra is in talks to acquire more agricultural land in Egypt, reported Reuters, citing two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The deal could reportedly reduce Cairo’s dependence on imports [ More … ]
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