Israel and Egypt maintain a heavily secured border around the 40-kilometer-long, 11-kilometer-wide Gaza Strip. Since Israel withdrew its permanent ground troop presence and civilian settlements from the Gaza Strip in 2005, it has maintained a “no-go zone” on the border. ..…
Similarly, the administration’s miserly position on U.S. foreign assistance ignores both its modest size and the fact that is intended not just for strategic allies (like Israel or Egypt) but directed at reducing poverty, sickness, and suffering around the world, so that others may begin..…
Pointing to the murder of schoolchildren in Russia, women and children killed on buses in Israel, the beheading of American, Turkish, and Nepalese workers in Iraq, and the killing of hundreds on a Spanish commuter train and hundreds more in Bali, . declared: “America, Europe, Israel,..…
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Maldives, and Egypt broke off ties with Qatar. In their apparent bid to secure US support and that of Israel, Qatar's links with Hamas and accused it of supporting terrorism, accusation that Qatari government denies.. ..…
Authorities in Saudi Arabia, for instance, continued to require women to wear an abaya (a loose-fitting black cloak) in public.7 Four Middle Eastern countries (20%) – Algeria, Egypt, Israel and Oman – had policies limiting women’s ability to wear religious attire in at least some..…
Israel, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates all have missiles capable of delivering explosive payloads to their neighbors, seeking to upgrade their arsenals with longer range, better guidance systems and more payload capacity. ..…
The Bush administration believes one answer is to fund defensive anti-missile systems -- and sell them to U.S allies such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel.. ..…
they are using shorthand for the negotiations that began in 1978 between the leaders of Egypt and Israel at U.S presidential retreat near Washington. ..…
Between 1900 and 2010, the number of Christians in the region including Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Palestinian territories grew from 1.6 million to 7.5 million. ..…
Group II countries are Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela. Group III China, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Russia. Israeli bonds would probably not be renewed... ..…
But in early June, to the great surprise of Fatah, Egypt, the US, and Israel, Hamas agreed to renounce responsibility for administering Gaza, handing over governance to group of unelected figures while staying silent as the new ministers were sworn to adhere to Hamas had rejected since..…
Its charismatic founder, Shaikh Ahmad Yassin (who would eventually be assassinated by Israel in 2004), was a disciple of Sayyid Qutub, the main founding figure of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (he was hanged there in 1966). ... Like everyone else, the ICG is in favor of opening the..…
After the many strains in its external relations caused by the destruction in Gaza, Israel will view new talks as a means to improve relations with the US, as well as to exhibit goodwill toward those Palestinians still in favor of negotiations, repair its image in the world, slow the spread in Europe of..…
Egypt (12) . England (2) . Ethiopia (1) . Ghana (1) . ... Israel (20) . Japan (3) . Kenya (2) . Liberia (1) . Libya (15) . ..…
The upheaval and uncertainty in Israel’s neighborhood makes it that much harder — from the horrific violence raging in Syria, to the transition in Egypt. ... That’s why we continue to press Arab leaders to reach out to Israel, and will continue to support the peace treaty..…
The 10 countries that had very high hostilities as of mid-2009 were Iraq, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Israel and Egypt. ..…
The Muslim population in Israel (including Jerusalem but not the West Bank and Gaza) is expected to reach 2.1 million by 2030. . Egypt, Algeria and Morocco currently have the largest Muslim populations in the Middle East-North Africa. ..…
Israel values these new friendships and I hope the day will soon arrive peace, beyond Egypt and Jordan, to other Arab neighbors, including Palestinians... Speaking Gaza, Trump's decisions to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move U.S. ..…
Why are the Palestinian terrorist groups conducting indirect talks with Israel to reach a new truce agreement in the Gaza Strip under the auspices of Egypt and the UN? ... The statements came as Egypt and the United Nations continue their effort to reach a truce that would end the..…