The Guardian Egypt's president backs united Arab force to tackle regional security threats Egypt's president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has backed calls to create a unified Arab force to confront regional security threats, and said intervention in Yemen was the "inevitable" result of meddling by a foreign power. Speaking at an Arab League summit, he said that the military campaign against Shia Houthi militias in Yemen, which has been led by Saudi Arabia, aimed to "preserve Yemen's unity and the peace of its territories". The Egyptian president said the Arab world was facing unprecedented threats and, without mentioning it by name, accused Shia, non-Arab Iran of meddling in Arab affairs. He also blamed Shia rebels for creating chaos in the country, calling them "stooges of Iran". Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/28/egypts-president-backs-united-arab-force-to-tackle-regional-security-threats Arutz Sheva Putin: Russia Ready to Help 'Palestine' Become Reality Russia plans to continue helping Palestinians achieve their goal of establishing an independent state in Judea and Samaria, President Vladimir Putin announced Saturday.
He also highlighted the Palestinian's right to the eastern part of Jerusalem as its capital, Sputnik International reported. Putin made the address to participants at the 26th Arab League Summit in Egyptian Red Sea resort Sharm el-Sheikh. "Palestinians have the right to establish an independent and habitable state with a capital in East Jerusalem," the Russian President argued. Read more: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/193313#.VRepvvnoRZ8 Ynet Egypt jails two over Israel espionage charges A court in Egypt has sentenced a man and woman to lengthy jail terms and ordered them to pay large fines after convicting them of spying for Israel, a judicial official said Saturday. Their two accomplices – Israeli intelligence officials – were sentenced in absentia to life terms, the official added. The man, Ramzy al-Shebini, was sentenced to life, and the woman, Sahar Salama, to 15 years. In Egypt, a life term generally means 25 years. Read more: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4641875,00.html Fox News Bomb explodes in front of Egypt's largest and most prominent university, injuring 8 people A spokesman for the Egyptian Ministry of Heath says a bomb exploded in front of Egypt's largest and most prominent university, injuring 8 people. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to journalists, says 4 of the people injured on Saturday are police officers who were guarding the entrances to Cairo University. The official says the blast went off by a subway entrance near the campus. Security officials have cordoned off the area and are sweeping for additional explosives. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/03/28/bomb-explodes-in-front-egypt-largest-and-most-prominent-university-injuring-8/ Press TV Egypt court fails to reverse ruling designating Hamas 'terrorist org.' The court of urgent matters in the Egyptian capital Cairo has set May the 10th, as the date for looking into a government appeal against an earlier ruling by the same court, that designated the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas a terrorist organization. Lawyer Samir Sabry, who has been working as the government's arm in previous cases that indicted the Muslim Brotherhood, and other opposition groups in Egypt, withdrew his case on Friday, saying he didn't want to represent an obstacle to what he called Egypt's reconciliation efforts between Palestinian factions and Israel. Read more: http://www.presstv.ir/Video/2015/03/29/403753/Egypt-court-fails-to-reverse-ruling-designating-Hamas-terrorist-org
