Sinai
Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert
The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE.
Parashat Yitro: Illuminating the fog
Parashat Yitro: Before the revelation at Sinai
Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old evidence of ancient Egyptian conquest in Sinai desert
Israelis recall life in Sinai 40 years on
Farmers flock to Nitzana region on Egyptian border in hopes of making desert bloom.
Post six-day war footage of Egyptian Monastery made public by Israel's national library
The collection includes texts from as early as the 1100s, written in Arabic, Syriac, Greek, Armenian and Georgian and relating to early Christian religion and Church Fathers.
Egyptian military consolidates grip on northern Sinai
Egypt's military has secured large areas of the strategic stretch of land bordering Palestinian-run Gaza and Israel on one side and the Suez Canal on the other.
Is the surrender of a senior ISIS Sinai official a game changer?
After ISIS lost most of its “caliphate” territory in Iraq and Syria, the group has managed to spawn a variety of new chapters and has morphed into new forms in weak and unstable states.
Israel's Taba Crossing to Egypt reopened by Merav Michaeli
The reopening of the Taba Crossing was announced as demand for entry permits to the Sinai Peninsula skyrocketed.
Sinai warning level lowered for Israelis after a decade of high alert
Sinai has remained a popular tourist destination for Israelis ever since it was returned to Egypt during the peace accords in 1979, with a steady rise in visitors since 2016.
Woman filing rape complaint investigated instead for quarantine violation
Following recent criticism of Israel Police on its handling of reports of violence against women, a woman said police questioned her for violating quarantine instead of taking her rape report.
Parashat Beha’alotcha: A journey to the unknown
After about a year of camping near Mount Sinai, the children of Israel began moving toward the Promised Land.
ISIS in Sinai leader killed in clash with Egyptian forces - report
Al-Hamadin, referred to as the "most dangerous and oldest of the takfiri elements in the Sinai," was responsible for the murder of hundreds of civilians and Egyptian soldiers.
Unique Bedouin archive finds home at National Library of Israel
Over the past fifty years, Bedouin expert Dr. Clinton Bailey has documented and researched Bedouin life in the Sinai and Negev deserts.
