How Egypt Uses Israel’s Desire for Normalization as a Bargaining Chip
Forty years of cold peace.
April 1, 2019
How Egypt Uses Israel’s Desire for Normalization as a Bargaining Chip
Forty years of cold peace.
Last Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of the peace treaty concluded by Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. To commemorate that event, Israel hosted a series of public events at universities and think tanks, to which it invited Egyptian private citizens and officials, including Hebrew-speaking diplomats stationed in Tel Aviv—not one of whom attended. Nor was there an Egyptian parallel to the attention or the celebratory tone that Israeli media lavished on the anniversary. Haisam Hassanein finds this divergence emblematic of the two countries’ attitudes:
April 1, 2019
Iran Completes Its Route to the Mediterranean with a Strategic Port in Syria
Latakia.
In Ukraine, a Pro-Israel President Faces Off against a Jewish Comedian
Jews, Israel, and the Ukrainian election.
The Less-Told Story of the Holocaust in North Africa
What happened to the 470,000 Jews who lived there?
A Newly Discovered Clay Seal May Have Belonged to a Minor Biblical Character
Nathan-Melekh, servant of King Josiah.