Following President Mohamed Morsy's firing of Hussein Tantawi, head of the formerly ruling military council, and other leading generals on Sunday, Israeli media commentators have reacted with cautious suspense toward the shake-up, with most (...)
Channel 2 News, Israel's most widely watched news network, opened its broadcast Thursday night with news of a rocket attack earlier that day.
“Right before the Passover holiday when thousands of vacationers make their way to [the Israeli resort city (...)
In the midst of escalating violence between Egyptian protesters and security forces, former Deputy Chief Staff of Israeli Defense Forces Uzi Dayan is calling for the creation of an Israeli “intervention force” to fight terrorism in Sinai if (...)
Forty-four years after Israeli pilots bombed the American ship USS Liberty during the 1967 War, an Israeli news outlet Wednesday evening revealed purported evidence that the bombing was accidental.
According to the report, the pilots carried out the (...)
Since details of the Hamas-Israel prisoner swap emerged on Tuesday evening, Egypt's role in negotiating the deal has received special attention in the Israeli media.
The “German mediator [Gerhard] Conrad did as much as he could,” but “the fate of (...)
On Sunday, Israeli officials failed to show up at several memorial services across Israel to honor its soldiers who fell during the 1973 October War. The reason: a protracted cabinet meeting concerning a controversial vote on social justice reforms (...)
A former bodyguard recently recalled saving the life of the Israeli Ambassador Moshe Sasson during the assassination of former President Anwar Sadat in 1981. The Israeli guard, who declined to reveal his identity, recounted the experience with his (...)
RAMALLAH - Thousands of Palestinian protesters participated in West Bank marches on Wednesday to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to achieve recognition of Palestinian statehood at the UN.
Rallies took places in Ramallah, (...)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday denied apologizing to Egypt following the deaths of five Egyptian soldiers at the hands of Israeli forces Thursday.
"I didn't apologize to Egypt, I expressed regret," Barak said in an interview with (...)
As Israel's diplomatic crisis with Egypt intensified this past week, commentators in the Israeli press have been unable to resist making comparisons with Turkey in mid-2010, when Israeli soldiers killed eight Turkish nationals during a raid on the (...)
Sunday's arrest of an Israeli intelligence officer occupies center stage in Monday's papers. As always, the difference in coverage between state-run and independent newspapers is stark.
Al-Ahram's headline, “Israeli officer participated in the (...)
As the Libyan insurgency against Muammar Qadhafi's regime has begun to lose momentum in recent days, pressure has increased on Barack Obama's administration to intervene with force. But US policy experts appear to be divided as to whether military (...)
Protests planned in downtown Cairo on 4 March to demand justice for Lara Logan, the CBS news correspondent who was sexually assaulted by dozens of Egyptian men in Tahrir Square the night President Hosni Mubarak resigned on 11 February, have been met (...)
A chaotic scene continued in downtown Cairo on Thursday as angry protesters vowed reprisal against police officers, thugs, and pro-Mubarak supporters while others pleaded for restraint.
The density of checkpoints in Downtown Cairo at 10AM on (...)
Thousands marching into downtown Cairo from outlying districts continued their calls to topple the regime.
As thousands of protesters walked through Dokki earlier today, they called for people on the street to join them, chanting “Descend to the (...)
Despite President Barack Obama's recent assertion in his State of the Union address on Tuesday that the US “supports the democratic aspirations of all people,” experts say that Western reactions to recent civil unrest in Tunisia prove the West is (...)
Egyptian journalist Ahmed Saad is softspoken and reserved and a devoted Muslim. The 20-year-old is also a self-proclaimed gay rights activist.
With his slight frame, Saad seems more like a polite high school student than the new face of gay rights (...)
“The Chord” (Al Wattar), a new thriller from Egyptian Magdy al-Hawari, deserves to be called a cinematic symphony. The cast includes distinguished and experienced actors and actresses such as Ghada Adel, Mustapha Shaaban, Arwa Gouda, Ahmed Saadani (...)
Egyptian claims of uncovering an Israeli spy ring have raised conflicting reactions from Egyptian and American political analysts.
Egypt on Monday referred three suspects, including two Israelis and one Egyptian, for immediate trial before the (...)