Egypt carrying out massive military operation in Sinai with Israel's approval

With Israel's approval, the Egyptian army has launched a massive military operation in the Sinai Peninsula, which is aimed at cleaning out al-Qaeda terrorists and Bedouin gangs. Egypt launched a massive military operation on Sunday to stop al-Qaida and Bedouin terrorists and to restore order to the Sinai Peninsula which fell into anarchy following the revolution in the country earlier this year.

Land for war

Asaf Romirowsky and Efraim Karsh argue that if the UN recognizes a 'Palestinian state' it will be betraying the 'land for peace' formula. The public diplomacy of Arafat and his successor, Mahmoud Abbas, also ran contrary to the letter and spirit of 242. The Palestinians have consistently misrepresented the resolution as calling for Israel's complete withdrawal to the pre-June 1967 lines, while

Egypt-Israel gas pipeline attacked for third time this month

For the third time in the month of July, and the fifth time in 2011, the Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel was attacked on Saturday. This time it wasn't even running. After the attack on the pipeline and a separate weekend attack on a police station in the port town of El-Arish, Egyptian security sources told Israel Hayom that the new government in Cairo was losing control over part of the

Change?

In Egypt, conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel continue to be part of the public discourse. Conspiracy theories have been a part of Egypt's political discourse since the days of populist President Gamal Abdul Nasser, who toppled the Egyptian monarchy almost 60 years ago and was the first in a line of dictators that ended with Mubarak."There always has to be a foreign threat," Henry said.