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Coming home: Traveling from Maine to Israel during the Iran war

A modern exodus unfolds as a rabbi navigates flights, borders, and devotion to reach Israel.

Akiva Herzfeld crosses over from taba into Israel.
Iran and Iraq map. Ilustration.

Iran’s strikes expose failure of the Gulf states, tests regional stability - opinion

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi gives a televised statement on the attack in North Sinai, in Cairo, Egypt November 24, 2017

Egyptian President Sisi to visit Washington for Trump meeting, may meet with Netanyahu - report

QATAR’S EMIR Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani meets with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Doha in April. Egypt, along with Qatar and the US, has been central to recent efforts on reaching a ceasefire and hostage release, says the writer.

Egypt activates 24/7 operations room ahead of Sharm el-Sheikh Gaza summit


Egypt's Sisi shakes up security sector after recent attacks

Egypt-Israel security relations are at a high level amid threats from Sinai and Libya.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) rides a vehicle with Egypt's Minister of Defense Sedki Sobhi during a presentation of combat efficiency and equipment of the armed forces in Suez, Egypt, October 29, 2017 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency.

Israel: a true democracy?

The Jerusalem Post

Trump: US will consider resuming halted military aid to Egypt

The US president said he would consider redirecting funds to Egypt just ahead of his meeting with Egyptian President al-Sisi.

US President Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President al-Sisi at the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, 2017.

US aid cut unlikely to lessen Egyptian human-rights abuses, analysts say

Administration officials cited President al-Sisi’s endorsing in May of a draconian law against nongovernmental organizations when the step was announced.

Trump and Sisi

Hot off the Arab press 500806

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) arrives at the opening of the Mohamed Najib military base

Egypt's economic tightrope

The Jerusalem Post

Comment: Sisi and the Copts

After nearly three years of Sisi’s reign, the Copts find themselves facing continuous decay in their livelihoods and rights, with no end in sight.

Egyptians gather in front of a Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017

Meeting Egyptian President Sisi, the man who wants to ‘rebrand’ Egypt

He wants Egypt to be seen as a trusted, stable ally of the West.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi waves as he arrives to the opening ceremony of the New Suez Canal

Trump’s Egyptian reboot

Trump’s heralding of a new era in US-Egyptian relations can also help bring stability to a war-torn region.

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, April 3, 2017.

Trump to meet Jordanian King amid talk of US-led peace summit

The summit would bring together Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Sunni Arab leaders from Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf states.

Trump and Abdullah