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Egyptian Army Removed Egypt’s 1st Democratically Elected President

Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suspends constitution, appoints head of the constitutional court as interim head of state.

By REUTERS

Egyptian General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi effectively declared the removal of elected Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in a televised broadcast, flanked by military leaders, religious authorities and political figures on Wednesday.

Morsi supporters hold up his posters in Cairo, July 3- REUTERS

The head of Egypt’s armed forces issued a declaration suspending the constitution and appointing the head of the constitutional court as interim head of state.

Sisi called for presidential and parliamentary elections, a panel to review the constitution and a national reconciliation committee that would include youth movements.

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Egypt hurts Gaza’s tunnel smuggling operations curtailing taxes to Hamas

Egypt deploys security reinforcements & sets up roadblocks across the huge Sinai desert running from the Suez Canal east to the Gaza border, causing shortages in the Palestinian enclave and hurting smuggling taxes to Hamas’ leaders.

 

An Egyptian security crackdown has severely disrupted smuggling to the neighboring Gaza Strip, causing a fuel shortage, doubling the price of building materials and shutting down some construction sites in the Hamas-ruled territory.

Tunnel smugglerEgypt’s military clamped down on the lawless Sinai Peninsula, which abuts Gaza, in the run-up to mass protests planned for Sunday by Egyptian opposition activists trying to force out the country’s president, Mohammed Morsi. Continue Reading »

Open Mic Catches Egyptian Politician Plotting ‘War’ with ‘Enemies’ Israel & U.S.

This open microphone incident of Egypt’s senior politicians plotting against American interests, admitting the US to be their enemy will be ignored as White House policy continues its support of Morsi & his gov’t.

President Mohammed Morsi gathered a group of politicians last week who thought they were speaking privately at a parliamentary meeting. Continue Reading »

Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood stages anti-Israel protest in Cairo

In 1st such rally by the Muslim Brotherhood, the party from which President Morsi hails, the Brotherhood protested Israeli air-strikes on Syria & the detention of a Muslim cleric.

 

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood staged an anti-Israel rally in Cairo on Friday, the first such protest by the main backers of President Mohammed Morsi since they rose to prominence in the wake of the country’s 2011 uprising.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. – Photo by AP

Emerging from weekly services at Al-Azhar mosque — the centuries-old seat of Sunni Muslim learning — demonstrators chanted “the people want the destruction of Israel” in protest of recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria and the detention of a Palestinian Muslim cleric. Continue Reading »

The Hamas-Egyptian Lifeboat Alliance

 

The fall of Mubarak’s reign has been a blessing for Hamas, which has emerged as a major player. Now Hamas knows that it can always rely on Morsi & the Muslim Brotherhood to stay in power & increase Hamas’s influence.

By Khaled Abu Toameh

 

Did Hamas dispatch 7,000 militiamen from the Gaza Strip to Egypt to protect President Mohamed Morsi, who is currently facing a popular uprising?

Egyptian President Mohamed MorsiReports that appeared in a number of Egyptian opposition media outlets in the past few days claimed that the militiamen entered Egypt through the smuggling tunnels along the border with the Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

Former Egyptian PM: Morsi’s gov’t nearing ‘end of the road’

From Abu Dhabi, his new home in exile, former Egyptian PM Ahmed Shafik slams his homeland’s current regime, implies Muslim Brotherhood is ‘insane’

By Reuters

 

Former Egyptian prime minister and air force pilot Ahmed Shafik, who ended his career amid corruption allegations and fled to the Gulf, is confident that with Egypt in turmoil seven months into its experiment with Islamist rule, its often-reviled political old guard will eventually be seen by Egyptians, and by Washington, in a more kindly light.

Shafik after 2012 election – Photo: EPA

“Egyptians reject the current regime,” said the last prime minister of Hosni Mubarak, the president who was ousted in 2011 after three decades in power. Continue Reading »

Morsi’s “apes and pigs” slur pursue him in Germany

Morsi in Berlin to gather financial aid for rebuilding his crumbling Egyptian economy, however questions about the hateful, anti-Semitic comments he made, calling Jews “apes and pigs”, pursue him throughout the day.

Morsi: I’m not against the Jewish faith or the Jewish people.

 

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi turned aside repeated criticism of his past comments referring to Jews as “the descendants of apes and pigs” as he visited Germany on Wednesday, insisting that the remarks were taken out of context and were aimed at criticizing Israeli attacks on Palestinians.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and President of Egypt Mohammed Morsi, left, address the media during a joint press conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin – Photo: AP

A key focus of Morsi’s one-day visit to Berlin was to seek support to rebuild a crumbling Egyptian economy.

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Defiant Morsi on TV: No Negotiations with ‘Descendants of Apes’

MEMRI reveals Egypt’s presidential candidate Morsi rejected negotiations between Israel and the PA.

By Elad Benari

 

Long before he was elected as Egypt’s president, Mohammed Morsi rejected negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and referred to Jews as “apes and pigs”.

Mohammed Morsi

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has translated and uploaded comments by Morsi, a member of Hamas’s parent movement the Muslim Brotherhood, which he made in 2010 and were posted to the internet. In the comments, Morsi also called to boycott products made in the United States because of its support for Israel.

“These futile [Israeli-Palestinian] negotiations are a waste of time and opportunities,” Morsi is shown saying. Continue Reading »

Egyptian Media Reports Morsi Suffering From Brain Tumor

Egyptian media reported Thursday that recently installed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is suffering from a brain tumor.

By David Lev

 

Already saddled with a restive population that appears set on repeating last year’s revolution against the regime and mass protests against his style of governing, recently installed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is apparently suffering from a brain tumor, Egyptian media reported Thursday. The Al-Wafed newspaper said that the tumor in his brain was currently small, but spreading, and that Morsi needed to have it removed before February. If it was not taken out, his life would be in danger.

Mohammed Morsi

Mohammed Morsi – AFP photo

The report quoted medical officials said to be familiar with the president’s condition, but did not name any specific doctors, and no independent verification was cited. Continue Reading »

German FM en route to Morsi at Israel’s request

Ceasefire negotiations go into high gear as German FM called to Egypt.

President Morsi says ‘Israeli aggression’ against Gaza to end later Tuesday

Itamar Eichner

 

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has left Israel en route to Cairo where he will hold meetings with the Egyptian mediators following meetings he held with Israeli officials.

Mohammed Morsi Photo: Reuters

Mohammed Morsi Photo: Reuters

It is estimated that Israel asked Westerwelle to intervene in order to introduce amendments to the ceasefire agreement draft.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said on Tuesday that “Israeli aggression” against Gaza would end later in the day, the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported. Continue Reading »

Watch IDF Aerial Clip of Hit – Egypt Recalls Ambassador

Morsi recalls Egyptian ambassador from Israel, urges UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting

 Iran: Assassination another sign of ‘Zionist regime’s barbarity’

By Roi Kais

 

Egypt has recalled its ambassador in Israel, Yasser Ridha, following the assassination of top Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari, Egyptian TV reported Wednesday. It is still unclear whether the envoy is being called back for consultations or for a longer period. Earlier on Wednesday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr condemned Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza remarking that “the Israeli escalation comes at a critical point in the Middle East which threatens to harshly exacerbate matters.” Continue Reading »

Essay: How Egyptian legal system saved Camp David

Camp David agreement has become the focal point of a political struggle between Egyptian critics since Morsi’s election as president in June

 

 

Why did the Cairo Administrative Court dismiss a lawsuit calling for the 1978 Camp David peace accords between Egypt and Israel to be annulled?The case, reported by The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, put Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi in the uncomfortable position of having to affirmatively defend the Camp David accords, as opposed to merely tolerating them.

Mohamed Morsi - Photo: Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters

Mohamed Morsi – Photo: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

Three members of the Revolutionary Youth Union, a movement which says it encompasses all political parties, national movements and independent NGOs, filed the lawsuit in August against Morsi, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil and Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr. Continue Reading »

Egyptian president: Egyptians will never forget 1973 ‘historic victory’ over Israel

Morsi  tells cheering crowd in Cairo Egypt won its ‘land & dignity’ back during October war

Small rally held in support of real ‘war hero’ Mubarak, outside prison

By Elior Levy, Yonatan Gonen

 

Addressing tens of thousands of Egyptians Saturday evening during a ceremony commemorating the 39th anniversary of Egypt’s “victory” over Israel during the October 1973 war, President Mohamed Morsi said, “It was a monumental event. We will never forget the heroes and shahids (martyrs).”

Morsi during ceremony, Saturday – Photo: AP

Morsi was elected president of Egypt after Hosni Mubarak, a hero of the Yom Kippur War, was ousted. Continue Reading »

Both Egypt & Turkey pledge support for Palestinian cause & denounce Syrian regime

Erdogan says Turkey determined to speak out against Israel’s ‘state terrorism’ and Egypt’s new president & Turkish PM call on China, Russia & Iran to stop backing Assad regime.

Turkey and Egypt sought to boost their alliance in a turbulent region on Sunday, unleashing harsh criticism of the Syrian regime and pledging joint support for the Palestinian cause.

Erdogan and Morsi in Ankara - AP - Sept. 30, 2012

In this photo provided by Turkish Prime Minister’s Press Service,Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi in Ankara, Sept. 30, 2012. – Photo by AP

Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Morsi, addressed a major congress of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party, amid signs that a partnership between their two countries is emerging, and said they both plan to stand by Palestinians and the Syrian people. Continue Reading »

Syrian Information Minister accuses Mossad of targeted assassinations in Syria

Syria’s Information Minister criticizes Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi after he voiced sympathy for the Syrian revolt: “There is no difference between Mubarak and Morsi, who has done nothing for the Palestinians & continues to sell gas to Israel.”

By Daniel Siryoti, News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi accused Israel’s Mossad on Monday of carrying out targeted assassinations in Syria, as well as aiding the rebellion which has brought Syria to civil war.

Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoebi rebel attacks have “the fingerprints of intelligence services, including Israel’s Mossad” – Photo: AP

“We found arms caches with the weapons used by the terrorists, and their source was Israel,” al-Zoebi said.

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