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| June 25, 2012
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Egypt’s Morsi: Iranian news agency made up interview

President-elect denies ever submitting to interview where he said he would review Israel treaty

by Roi Kais and Reuters

The art of denial: Egypt’s Islamist president-elect never submitted to an interview with Iranian news agency Fars in which he supposedly claimed that he would be reviewing the peace treaty with Israel, Mohammed Morsi‘s spokesman said Monday evening.

Morsi in first address after win Photo: AP, Egypt State TV

Morsi in first address after win - Photo: AP, Egypt State TV

“Mr. Morsi did not submit to any interview with Fars,” the spokesman said, according to Egypt’s official MENA news agency. “Everything published by this agency is baseless.”

According to the report by Fars, Morsi said he wants to restore long-severed ties with Tehran to create a strategic “balance” in the region. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2012
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Israel to Morsi: Uphold peace treaty

Netanyahu’s office responds to Islamist’s victory in Egyptian presidential elections; says peace ‘is in the interest of the two peoples’

Attila Somfalvi

 

A few hours after Mohamed Morsi was declared Egypt’s first Islamist president Sunday afternoon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement expressing hope that the cooperation between Jerusalem and Cairo would continue.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The statement also noted that upholding the peace accord signed in 1979 was in the interest of both countries.

“Israel appreciates the democratic process in Egypt and respects its outcome,” the PMO said after the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate was declared successor to ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2012
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Despite win, Egypt’s new president will have his hands tied

The Muslim Brotherhood has won the presidency and nearly half the seats in the Egyptian parliament, but it will still have to tread lightly with its domestic and foreign policies.

 

 

The commotion was expected. As soon as Farouk Sultan, the chairman of Egypt’s election committee, began reading out loud on live television the number of votes received by Mohammed Morsi, the country’s first Islamist president ‏(more than 13 million‏), the crowd stopped him with their loud shouts − some of them happy and some angry.

Mohammed Morsi casts his vote

Egyptian presidential candidate Mohammed Morsi waves after he casting his vote at a polling station northeast of Cairo on June 16, 2012 - Photo by AP

 

Only then, in that electrifying moment, after more than an hour of hearing tiresome details of the appeals filed with the committee, did it become clear that Morsi won with a lead of slightly under 1 million votes, in a country of 85 million. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2012
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CAROLINE B. GLICK: The Brotherhood’s useful idiots

You have to hand it to the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood. They know how to play power politics.

 

 

You have to hand it to the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood. They know how to play power politics. They know how to acquire power. And they know how to use power.

Last Friday, the day before voters by most accounts elected the Brotherhood’s candidate Mohamed Morsy to serve as Egypt’s next president, The Wall Street Journal published a riveting account by Charles Levinson and Matt Bradley of how the Brotherhood outmaneuvered the secular revolutionaries to take control of the country’s political space. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2012
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Al-Qaida group claims responsibility for border attack

Saudi, Egyptian citizen purportedly launched the attack that killed an Israeli worker, video shows; over 30 rockets fired from Gaza in past day, at least six Palestinians killed in IDF strikes on the Strip.

 

 

An al-Qaida-linked group calling itself “The Shura Council of Mujahideen in the Holy Land” claimed responsibility Tuesday for a cross-border-attack along Israel’s southern border that killed one construction worker on Monday.

Reuters obtained a video showing a group of masked men who claimed responsibility for the attack. The masked men used Islamic slogans, pledging to liberate the Holy Land from what they termed Jewish control.

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| June 17, 2012
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Egypt busts Sinai terror ring amid run-off presidential elections, report says

Egyptian daily al-Shuruq says 22 men, including Palestinians, Syrians, and Jordan’s planned to destabilize country following poll results, obtained police uniform and weapons.

 

 

Egyptian security forces arrested a suspected terror ring, thought to have planned attacks against targets in the Sinai in an attempt to destabilize the country following a key run-off presidential election, an Egyptian newspaper reported on Sunday.

The reported bust comes on the second day of voting in Egypt, pitting Ahmed Shadiq, former premier under Hosni Mubarak, and the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, and follows reported attempts by the Brotherhood to strike Israeli targets in order to sway election results. Continue Reading »

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| June 12, 2012
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MKs to meet Egyptian MPs in Washington

Days after presidential election in Egypt, Israeli members of Knesset will meet with Egyptian counterparts, including members of Muslim Brotherhood, in effort to pave way for talks between higher echelons

By Moran Azulay

 

A delegation of members of Knesset will travel to Washington next week and meet with Egyptian parliament members, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Ynet reported Monday.

Anti-Israel protest in Cairo Photo: AFP

Anti-Israel protest in Cairo - Photo: AFP

The rare meeting will take place days after the second round of presidential elections in Egypt, and will be mediated by American officials.

The MKs, including Yitzhak Vaknin (Shas) and Hamad Amar (Yisrael Beiteinu), are scheduled to leave for Washington on Sunday, and will stay in the US capital for four days, during which they will attend a conference and meet with their Egyptian counterparts. Continue Reading »

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| June 11, 2012
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Mubarak in ‘full coma,’ Egyptian government says

Lawyer Fareed El Deeb said a prosecutor had denied his request to transfer Mubarak from prison to a military hospital. El Deeb said he was appealing that decision, arguing that the prison hospital was poorly equipped to handle Mubarak’s care.

 

By the CNN Wire Staff

 

Cairo (CNN) — Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was in a coma Monday in a Cairo prison hospital, a spokesman for the country’s Interior Ministry said.

“Mubarak entered today into full coma. His two sons Gamal and Alaa submitted a request to the prison authority to move beside him and it has been accepted,” ministry spokesman Alaa Mahmoud said. Continue Reading »

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| June 9, 2012
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Muslim Cleric: Jerusalem to be Capital of Egypt Under Mursi Rule

Muslim Brotherhood candidate: Jerusalem, not Cairo, will be capital of Egypt.

 

If Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi were to become president, Egypt’s capital would no longer be Cairo, but would be Jerusalem, a prominent Egyptian cleric said at a presidential campaign rally, which was aired by an Egyptian private television channel.

“Our capital shall not be Cairo, Mecca or Medina. It shall be Jerusalem with God’s will. Our chants shall be: ‘millions of martyrs will march towards Jerusalem,’” Safwat Hagazy said, according to the video aired by Egypt’s religious Annas TV.

The video, which went viral after being posted on YouTube, was translated into English by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). Continue Reading »

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| June 3, 2012
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Egyptians foil infiltration attempt

Infiltration of 36 African migrants to Israel prevented due to coordination between IDF, Sinai security forces

 

Egyptian forces prevented the infiltration of African migrants into Israel over the weekend. On Friday, an IDF force stationed in the Eilat Mountains detected a group of 36 people trying to cross the border, where a fence has yet to been erected. They then alerted the Egyptian forces who foiled the attempt, unlike most cases.

According to available details, IDF soldiers had warned the infiltrators not to cross the border as the Egyptian officers arrived at the scene and prevented the infiltration.

IDF forces deployed along the border witness shooting incidents involving the Egyptian forces and Bedouins who try to smuggle narcotics, weapons and infiltrators into Israel on a daily basis. Continue Reading »

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| June 3, 2012
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‘Muslim Brotherhood will Terrorize Christians,’ Warns Candidate

Presidential candidate Shafiq hits Muslim Brothers twice: “They think Palestine’s the capital of Egypt, would intimidate Christians.”

 

Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq hit hard at the Muslim Brotherhood on two fronts Sunday, warning that an Islamist victory will lead to terrorizing Christians and accusing the Brotherhood of trying to make “Palestine” the central issue for Egyptians.

Ahmed Shafiq talks during a news conference in Cairo

Ahmed Shafiq talks during a news conference in Cairo - Photo by Reuters

Shafiq was a close aide to ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and the Brotherhood took the offensive after Saturday’s life sentence for Mubarak, instead of death, and the acquittal of his two sons regarding their involvement in the murder of hundreds of protesters last year. Continue Reading »

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| June 2, 2012
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Egypt’s Mubarak sentenced to life in prison

Former Egyptian president found guilty of ordering killing of protesters during uprising that swept him from power; former interior minister also receives life sentence.

CAIRO – Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that swept him from power last year.

Presiding judge Ahmed Refaat also sentenced his former interior minister, Habib el-Adli, to life in prison on the same charge.

Mubarak was wheeled into court on a hospital gurney to hear the verdict in his trial on charges of graft and complicity in the killings of protesters during the uprising that ended his 30-year rule.

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| June 1, 2012
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‘Israel’s creation worst catastrophe to hit world’

Head of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Badie reminds followers of movement’s “sacrifices” in efforts to destroy the Jewish state.

The head of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has called on Arab forces to confront Israel and for the international community to pressure the “Zionist government to withdraw from the land of Palestine.”

The comments by Brotherhood General Guide Mohammed Badie came in a written statement issued May 17 to commemorate Nakba Day, when Palestinians and other Arabs mourn Israel’s creation in 1948.

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie - Photo: REUTERS
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie – Photo: REUTERS

The statement – the existence of which was revealed Wednesday by the Investigative Project on Terrorism blog – reminds Brotherhood followers of the movement’s decades-long “sacrifices” in efforts to destroy the Jewish state.
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| May 31, 2012
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Sinai peacekeeping force commander warns of weapons smuggling to Gaza

Commander of the Multinational Force and Observers says SA-24 surface-to-air missiles have made their way from Libya to Sinai, and may potentially be used against Israeli air operations.

The Commander of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in Sinai hinted on Thursday that advanced surface-to-air missiles had been found in the region as a result of weapons smuggling from Libya and could potentially be smuggled into Gaza.

Gaza militants - Reuters - May 31, 2012

Palestinian militants of al-Nasser Brigades hold a news conference in Gaza City - Photo by Reuters

At an MFO conference which took place on Monday at Tel Aviv University, Maj. Gen. Warren James Whiting, who oversees the force, said that one of the biggest challenges facing his troops is weapons smuggling, adding that Russian-made SA-24 surface-to-air missiles, which were sold to Libya in 2004, are being smuggled into the Gaza Strip through Egypt. Continue Reading »

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| May 28, 2012
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Palestinian Airlines back in the air after 7 years

Once hailed as a symbol of Palestinian statehood dreams, the carrier is a tiny operation, with just two 48-seat turboprop planes, two weekly flights and a borrowed hub in Egypt.

 

Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Once hailed as a symbol of Palestinian statehood dreams, the carrier is a tiny operation, with just two 48-seat turboprop planes, two weekly flights and a borrowed hub in Egypt.

But Palestinians say just being on the map again is what matters. “My hands were shaking when I bought the ticket… and it said the name of the carrier is Palestinian Airlines,” said recent passenger Zuhair Mohammed, a 38 year-old teacher from Gaza. Continue Reading »

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