Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said on Sunday that his decision to order the retirement of Egypt’s top generals and cancel a military order that had curbed his powers was not directed at individuals or embarrassing institutions. “The decisions I took today were not meant ever to target certain persons, nor did I intend to embarrass […]
Morsi Ousts Egyptian Military Leaders August 13, 2012 10:50 by Pesach Benson Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. Simon Plosker got op-ed space in the Jerusalem Post to expand on HonestReporting’s legal victory over The Guardian: […]
After angry Egyptians pelted her motorcade with shoes, chanting “Leave!,” Secretary of State Clinton insisted the U.S. wasn’t there to take sides. Too late. ‘I want to be clear that the United States is not in the business, in Egypt, of choosing winners and losers, even if we could, which of course we cannot,” Hillary […]
Senator John McCain has defended the Libyan rebels, calling them his ‘heroes’ who would later fly Al-Qaeda flags after Gadhafi’s fall. He has called for the arming of the Syrian rebels. Both positions are music to the ears of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic fundamentalism. Now John McCain is coming to the defense of Hillary […]
The power struggle between Egypt’s army and the Muslim Brotherhood has been eclipsed by the intensifying civil war in Syria, but this week saw disturbing new developments in Egypt. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a short visit to Cairo and Alexandria, where she was dogged by several anti-American demonstrations. Protesters pelted Clinton’s motorcade with […]
Tunisia’s leading political party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Ennahada party, has reiterated its opposition to normalizing diplomatic ties with Israel. Ennahada held its ninth national conference in Tunis over the weekend, ending with a resolution on the matter Monday after party leader Rached Ghannouchi, perceived as a moderate, was re-elected to serve as its head for […]
CAIRO – Rioters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. A tomato struck an Egyptian official in the face, and shoes and a water bottle landed near the armoured cars carrying Clinton’s delegation in […]
In a surprise and very concerning statement this weekend, Egypt’s radical Islamist and newly president-elect has vowed to win the release of an Egyptian al-Qaeda terrorist jailed by the U.S. for planning the first attack on New York’s World Trade Center. Omar Abdel-Rahman, “the blind sheikh,” is serving a life sentence in a federal prison […]
During his election campaign, Egyptian president-elect Mohammed Morsi reiterated his commitment to jihad and to the Islamic sharia law. Morsi made the remarks in a speech broadcast on May 13 on the Egyptian Misr 25 television network. His remarks in Arabic were uploaded to YouTube, and were later translated to English by the Middle East […]
by Ranbir An indigenous people mowed down by armed members of the ruling ‘group’. A peaceful demonstration that ends up as a bloodbath. Unarmed civilians mowed down by guns and tanks in order to remind them of their inferior status. This was the situation when 28 Copts were massacred by the Egyptian military under direct […]
