The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
IN A MEETING in Cairo yesterday Israeli president Shimon Peres and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak discussed efforts to conclude a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas, amid a flurry of Arab media reports that a deal was close.
What Really happened (Free subscription) | yesterday
Israel Beiteinu will “staunchly oppose” the creation of “an interim Palestinian state,” Israeli Foreign Minister and party leader Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday amid rumors that the government was pushing for an interim agreement. “The issue has not been discussed in any forum … I fervently hope it’s a fabrication,” he told reporters before Sunday’s...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on Sunday acknowledged differences over the contentious issue of Jerusalem, after talks in Cairo. "I don't deny there are differences in our positions, but I believe they are bridgeable," Peres told reporters after the talks. He said Jerusalem was under Israeli sovereignty and any change in the status quo had to come...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Deal appears to be attempt by Hamas to prevent another descent into conflict Hamas has won an agreement from other militant groups in Gaza to halt rocket fire into Israel for the first time in almost a year, a move that could signal progress on a deal to release a captured Israeli soldier. The agreement, announced late yesterday, appears to be an attempt by the Palestinian Islamist movement to prevent...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
Comrade Hossam sums it up: " However, there were signs last night that a public backlash against the government's handling of the football storm was gaining strength. "Hosni Mubarak's thugs have beaten and killed more Egyptians than any hooligans," said Hossam el-Hamalawy, a journalist and opposition activist." (thanks Dina)
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Israeli President Shimon Peres was heading to Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak on the troubled Middle East peace talks, his spokeswoman said. "Mr Peres is due to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak one on one during the late morning in Cairo," Peres spokeswoman Ayelet Frish said. "He will return to Israel in the afternoon." The two leaders will...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak warned on Saturday that Cairo will be firm in dealing with those who harm Egyptians, following attacks on its nationals in Algeria and Sudan over a World Cup football match. "Egypt will not be lax with those who harm the dignity of its sons," he said in a speech to parliament. "The welfare of our citizens abroad is the responsibility of the country. We look after...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
President Hosni Mubarak warned on Saturday that Egypt will not be "lax" towards those who harm Egyptians, following attacks on its nationals in Algeria and Sudan over a World Cup football match.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Armen Melkonyan handed his credentials to Egyptian President Muhammad Hosni Mubarak.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
War of words could again spill over into the violence as Arab rivals contest the last African slot Arab unity faces a severe test tonight – not over attitudes to Palestine, Iraq, or any of the usual hot items on the Middle Eastern political agenda, but over the battle between the Egyptian and Algerian soccer teams for the last African slot in the World Cup. Not surprisingly it's being dubbed...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Despite a peace treaty, you still see things like this... A gigantic storm has been brewing among Egyptian intellectuals ever since Egyptian poetess Iman Mersal permitted one of her books to be published in Hebrew ("An Alternative Geography," translated by Sasson Somekh, Hakibbutz Hameuhad publishing house). How, they demand, could any Egyptian writer cross the lines, defy the writers association's...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to continue on Palestinian national work, Nile TV reported Egyptian presidency spokesman Suleiman Awad said that Mubarak called on Abbas to continue leading the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) as the Palestinian cause is in need for his role. "Egypt supports Abbas as the elected Palestinian President,"...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has accused Israel of fabricating evidence it says implicates Egyptian security forces in helping Hamas militants smuggle arms into Gaza, and warned Israel not to ruin its ties with Egypt. WRH permalink
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