As hype and hysteria over the Hamas-Fatah (PLO/PA) unity pact continues, many experts are concerned over Israel's future. But at least one expert has said that the unity pact will work in Israel's favor: Arutz Sheva columnist Dr. Mordechai Keidar, an expert on the Israeli-Arab sector, and an Arabic literature professor at Bar-Ilan University.
Egypt’s former defense minister and presidential candidate, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is Jewish, according to Egyptian journalist Saber Mashhour. Mashhour’s comments were posted to the internet on April 20 and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). He claimed that Al-Sisi grew up next to Israel’s former Chief of Staff and Defense Minister,
The Arab League has welcomed the unity pact that was reached between the Hamas and Fatah factions, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. An Arab League statement quoted its Secretary-General, Nabil al-Arabi, as telling Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Abbas in a phone conversation that the pan-Arab body welcomes the agreement. "This
In a bold announcement Thursday, the Egyptian Army said that it had achieved “total security control” over the entire Sinai peninsula. The announcement came after many months of pitched battles between Egyptian soldiers, armed Bedouin gangs, Islamist groups, and Gaza-based Arab terrorists, all of whom had set up campsites and operations in the lawless desert
Spokesmen for the two Egyptian presidential candidates recently advocated for putting the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel to a vote in a referendum. The debate between the spokesmen of Hamdeen Sabahi and Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi aired on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV on April 3 and was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute
Members of Tunisia's parliament on Wednesday accepted a petition to question the tourism minister over a decision allowing Israelis to use their passports to enter the country for an annual religious pilgrimage, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Israelis and Jews long have traveled to Tunisia for an annual pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue on
The Islamic Jihad terrorist group predicted on Wednesday that the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah would likely fail, reports the Ma’an news agency. The reason for the impending failure, a senior member of the group said, is the five-week period set by the sides to form a national unity government. Senior member
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered condolences on Wednesday to the grandchildren of Armenians murdered by Ottoman troops in the course of World War One. In a statement issued a day before the 99th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Erdogan unexpectedly described the events of 1915 as "inhumane", using more conciliatory language than
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed flailing attempts to rekindle peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA) Wednesday, during a meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. "You're coming at an important time," he told Kurz. "We're trying to re-launch the negotiations with the Palestinians." "Every time we get to that point, [PA Chairman
Representatives of Fatah and Hamas have reportedly decided to form a unity government within the "next five weeks" according to officials from the groups on Wednesday. The agreement was made during a meeting in Gaza on Tuesday between Hamas and members of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, the main component of
