The first complaint of discrimination against Ethiopian Jews was lodged In 2006, when blood donations coming from these communities was refused out of fear of disease. Since then, many have criticized the Israel as these communities also suffered from discrimination in jobs and education. The latest accusation against Israel was expressed on Monday by six [...]
The Egyptian stock exchange experienced a negative trading day as it recorded its worst in two and a half months. Closing on Sunday, the stock exchange fell sharply at the end of the day which resulted to a loss of around LE10 billion (US$1.6 billion). The sharp fall is been associated with the ongoing exchange [...]
On Tuesday, Egypt was playing the role of a mediator between Israel and Palestine in order to bring truce to the region. However just five days before that tension has been escalating with both sides attacking each other. When Israel decide to launch operation “Pillar of Defense” in order to eliminate Ahmed Al-Jaabari commander of [...]
Israel has fired back rockets into the Gaza Strip after Hamas shelled it in retaliation to a previous airstrike. Israel said it aimed “Hamas terror activity sites and terrorist squads responsible for the rocket fire” in its recent attack. The Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip which was at the receiving end of the [...]
In a report released on Sunday, fresh talks have been held between Palestine and Israel over the development of a gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip. In the report which will be submitted to a New York gathering of donors to the Palestinian Authority cites that the “development of the Gaza Marine [...]
Following Sunday’s deadly attack on Egypt’s border with Israel, that left 16 Egyptian border troops dead, Egypt launched on Wednesday an air strike on militants in the Sinai, the first in the region since 1973, killing at least 20 terrorists. The operation, described by the Egyptian media as the “Sinai cleansing operation,” lasted 5 hours [...]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta has called on Maghreb countries to work together in the fight against the terror group, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) which is expanding its terror, human, arms & drug trafficking activities in the Sahel, threatening regional stability. In his remarks made during his trip to Tunisia part [...]
Cairo has swept away fears as to the fate of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty when newly elected President Mohamed Morsi reaffirmed during talks with US secretary of State Hillary Clinton his country’s support to this treaty, signed in 1979, and that the United States deem as a cornerstone of regional security. Israelis as well as [...]
Israeli president Shimon Peres has been honored at the White House by President Barack Obama who granted him the “Presidential Medal of Freedom”, the highest U.S. award bestowed on a civilian. It is really a big deal and a historic political event marking the unbreakable bonds between Tel Aviv and Washington. However, such a move [...]
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