Archiv: Ägypten / Egypt


13.01.2026 - 20:09 [ Jerusalem Post ]

A-G Mandelblit rejects appeal to expand case 3000 investigation

(October 18, 2020)

Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit on Sunday evening rejected the appeal made by the Movement for Quality of Government, which demanded that the investigation into the infamous case 3000 submarine sale scandal be expanded and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be questioned with a warning.

He further noted that there is no reason to intervene in Netanyahu‘s sale of personal stocks before the submarine acquisition, in accordance with his decision not to open a criminal investigation against the prime minister in case 3000.

10.01.2026 - 21:13 [ Middle East Eye ]

Why Arab rulers remained silent over US seizure of Maduro

(January 8, 2026)

Egypt’s quiet is easy to explain. Cairo receives roughly $1.3bn a year in US military financing. Its hardware, maintenance chain and spare parts depend on American gatekeepers. Public outrage is a cost it cannot afford.

The UAE sits in a different position, but it faces another version of the same risk. It is a financial hub built on access, compliance and credibility. In a world where Washington can turn political conflict into legal exposure, the safest posture is often silence.

Algeria was supposed to be the outlier: despite a diplomatic relationship dating back to its 1795 treaty with George Washington, it has long defined itself through deep ties with Moscow and a fierce anti-imperial vocabulary.

If any Arab state had the ideological space to speak about sovereignty as a principle, it was Algeria. It stayed quiet anyway. That is the lesson: the distance non-aligned regimes claim is thinner than it looks when your trade, energy and finance run through chokepoints Washington can pressure.

16.11.2025 - 15:48 [ Oil Change International ]

Behind the Barrel: An Update on the Origins of Israel‘s Fuel Suplly

(November 13, 2025)

Table 1: Crude Oil Shipments to Israel –
November 1, 2023 – October 1, 2025

Origin Country
Crude Oil (in tonnes)
Number of Shipments

Turkey (Azeri) 7,146,417 61
Russia (Kazakh) 5,362,251 55
Gabon 2,288,858 21
Nigeria 1,112,229 12
Brazil 584,041 4
Republic of the Congo 391,602 3
Egypt 335,066 8
Democratic Republic of the Congo 326,210 3
Angola 132,142 1
Equatorial Guinea 79,400 1
Russia (Russian) 76,790 1
Ghana 68,364 1

TOTAL 17,903,370 171

16.11.2025 - 15:42 [ Middle East Eye ]

Twenty-five states funnelled oil to Israel during genocide: Report

(November 14, 2025)

Twenty-five countries supplied Israel with crude oil and refined petroleum throughout its two-year genocide in Gaza, a new report has revealed.

An updated report by Oil Change International tracked a total of 323 shipments from 25 countries carrying nearly 21.2 million tonnes of crude oil and refined products to Israel between November 1 2023 and 1 October 2025.

24.10.2025 - 22:49 [ Middle East Eye ]

Hamas says it agrees to hand over Gaza governance to Palestinian technocrats

Hamas said on Friday that it agreed with other Palestinian factions to hand over governance of Gaza to a committee of Palestinian technocrats.

The statement also said the factions agreed to „establishing an international committee to oversee the financing and implementation of the reconstruction of the Strip” and to take „all necessary measures to maintain security and stability throughout the Strip”.

The statement followed a meeting in Cairo, Egypt.

24.10.2025 - 22:31 [ Middle East Eye ]

Trump pushes for Sudan truce in Washington and gets Sisi to lean on Burhan

Diplomats told Middle East Eye that representatives of Burhan’s government and its enemy, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), were both in Washington for indirect talks.

According to an Egyptian presidential source, US President Donald Trump has personally tasked Sisi to work on ending Sudan’s civil war.

20.10.2025 - 14:55 [ Middle East Eye ]

Hamas delegation to meet Qatari, Egyptian officials in Cairo

A Hamas delegation is set to meet Qatari and Egyptian officials in Cairo on Monday to discuss the Gaza ceasefire, AFP reported.

The reports said the delegation, headed by Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, will discuss „the dozens of air strikes that killed dozens in the Gaza Strip“ on Sunday.

18.10.2025 - 18:21 [ theGuardian.com ]

Egypt expected to lead global stabilisation force in Gaza, say diplomats

A European and US-backed UN security council motion to give a planned international stabilisation force robust powers to control security inside Gaza is being prepared, with the strong expectation that Egypt will lead it, diplomats have said.

The US is pressing for the force to have a UN mandate without being a fully fledged UN peacekeeping force and will operate with the kind of powers given to international troops operating in Haiti to combat armed gangs.

Turkey, Indonesia and Azerbaijan are also being billed alongside Egypt as the main troop contributors.

13.10.2025 - 14:52 [ Wafa.ps ]

President Mahmoud Abbas arrives in Sharm El-Sheikh to attend Peace Summit

The summit will also be attended by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and European Council President António Costa.

The summit is part of the plan announced on September 29th by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in the Gaza Strip and achieve lasting peace in the Middle East.

13.10.2025 - 14:01 [ Reuters ]

Israel‘s Netanyahu won‘t attend Egypt summit on ending Gaza war

October 13, 202512:36 PM GMT+2Updated 2 hours ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend Monday‘s summit on ending the Gaza war in Egypt, his office said, after Cairo had earlier announced he would take part.
In a statement, Netanyahu‘s office said he had been invited by U.S. President Donald Trump to participate in the meeting of world leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh but declined „due to the timing‘s proximity to the beginning of (a Jewish) holiday.“

13.10.2025 - 12:47 [ Times of Israel ]

In call apparently brokered by Trump, Netanyahu accepts invite from Sissi to join today’s summit in Egypt

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just spoken by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El-Sissi, as US President Donald Trump listens in, Channel 12 news reports. In the call, apparently brokered by Trump at the Knesset, Netanyahu accepted an invitation by the Egyptian leader to join the international summit on Trump’s Gaza peace plan in Sharm El-Sheikh today, according to the report.

13.10.2025 - 12:38 [ Al Jazeera ]

Netanyahu to attend summit in Egypt

Israel’s prime minister will attend the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt later today, Egypt’s presidential spokesperson says.

13.10.2025 - 09:36 [ Ynetnews.com ]

Palestinian Authority invited to Egypt ‚peace summit‘ and Israel left out

The Palestinian Authority delegation was invited “personally” by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who will host leaders from at least 20 countries. The guest list includes U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and representatives from Italy, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan and Qatar.

13.10.2025 - 09:28 [ Times of Israel ]

Official: 30 countries to attend Egypt summit; Gaza stabilization, reconstruction on agenda

The security element will focus on creating a stabilization force and establishing a US-Qatari-Egyptian-Turkish task force to locate bodies of hostages.

The second topic will center on the creation of a “Palestinian committee to end the state of permanent war and aim for a complete withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from the Gaza Strip,” says the French diplomat.

12.10.2025 - 10:15 [ Middle East Eye ]

Egypt calls for deployment of international forces in Gaza

(October 11, 2025)

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday called for the deployment of international forces in Gaza, and the ceasefire agreement to receive international legitimacy through the UN Security Council.

12.10.2025 - 10:14 [ Egypt Today ]

Sisi, UN chief discuss latest developments on Gaza ceasefire deal

(October 10, 2025)

The spokesman stated that the UN chief underscored the need to deploy international forces in Gaza and to grant international legitimacy to the ceasefire agreement through the UN Security Council.

11.10.2025 - 00:43 [ Reuters ]

Europeans, Arabs flesh out Gaza transition ideas to weigh on Trump plan

Trump‘s plan also calls for an international stabilisation force, and that was core to much of Thursday‘s discussions, including establishing a United Nations mandate for a peacekeeping force, officials said.

Diplomats said a number of countries had expressed interest in taking part, including Indonesia, which was represented on Thursday, but also Italy and Azerbaijan.

09.10.2025 - 20:58 [ @anadoluagency / Youtube ]

Limited number of humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing from Egypt

Earlier, US President Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan stated that full aid would be immediately sent into the Strip once the plan is accepted

09.10.2025 - 20:56 [ Middle East Eye ]

Egypt Red Crescent says 153 aid trucks cross Rafah border to Gaza

„153 aid trucks entered through the Rafah crossing‘s bypass road, en route to the Kerem Shalom crossing, to be brought into the Gaza Strip“, sources told Reuters.

Among the trucks were 80 from the UN, 21 from Qatar and 17 from the Egyptian Red Crescent, they added.

09.10.2025 - 20:15 [ BBC ]

Arab and European nations meet in Paris for next stage of peace plan

The meeting in France involves France, Germany and the UK, known as the E3, plus Spain and is expected to last around two hours.

Representatives from what is known as the Arab Quint are also there – Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.
(…)
Sir Tony is to sit on President Trump’s Board of Peace – part of the intended architecture of the peace plan.

09.10.2025 - 11:35 [ Fox News ]

Hamas accepts Trump peace plan ending 2 years of war in Gaza, returning hostages

Moments before the president‘s announcement, photos emerged from the negotiation room in Sharm el-Sheikh showing senior officials embracing and shaking hands as reports indicated significant progress toward a hostage release deal. Retired General Nitzan Alon was seen shaking hands with Qatar’s Prime Minister Al-Thani, with special envoy Steve Witkoff in the background.

07.10.2025 - 23:33 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza ceasefire deal: Hamas, Egypt and Qatar pushing for Marwan Barghouti‘s release

Egypt and Qatar, alongside Hamas, are using „all means available“ to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti as part of the Gaza ceasefire agreement between the group and Israel, three sources informed on the negotiations have told Middle East Eye.

The long-imprisoned Palestinian political leader is on a list “of around one hundred senior Palestinian prisoners” being discussed ahead of the second phase of the truce deal, a source close to the negotiations said.

“Marwan alongside [a] few others are at the top of that list,” said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to discuss the details.

07.10.2025 - 03:09 [ Middle East Eye ]

Egypt wants US troops in Gaza as part of peacekeeping mission, officials say

Senior Egyptian officials told their US counterparts that they want the International Stabilization Force outlined in Trump’s 20-point peace plan to be modeled on the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) that deployed to Sinai after the peninsula was returned to Egypt from Israel in 1982.

The US has led the MFO since its inception, supplying hundreds of troops as a buffer and reassurance force.

07.10.2025 - 02:55 [ Matt Kennard / Palestine Deep Dive / Stubstack ]

Revealed: Trump is using Egyptian airport to spy on Gaza under guise of peacekeeping

The airport, called El Gora, is usually largely inactive but used by the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), the peacekeeping organisation that monitors the security provisions of the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in the Sinai. It is the closest airport to Gaza outside of Israel.

A U.S. Air Force Beech C-12V Huron plane arrived in Egypt on 23 August and has been flying daily flights in the region since. A Black Hawk helicopter also started flying from the airport on 9 September. It is believed that the planes are operating under the MFO mandate, which does not include the war in Gaza, because their callsign includes that acronym.

But Deep Dive has found evidence the planes are being used by the Trump administration to spy close to, and possibly over, Gaza.

The US Beech C-12V flew its first mission on 31 August and transponder data shows it spent an hour circling just 10 miles off northern Gaza after taking off from Hatzor military base in Israel, which has been used to gather intelligence over the Palestinian territory.

06.10.2025 - 04:04 [ Donald J. Trump / Social Truth ]

There have been very positive discussions with Hamas, and Countries from all over the World (Arab, Muslim, and everyone else) this weekend, to release the Hostages, end the War in Gaza but, more importantly, finally have long sought PEACE in the Middle East.

These talks have been very successful, and proceeding rapidly. The technical teams will again meet Monday, in Egypt, to work through and clarify the final details. I am told that the first phase should be completed this week, and I am asking everyone to MOVE FAST. I will continue to monitor this Centuries old “conflict.” TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE OR, MASSIVE BLOODSHED WILL FOLLOW — SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WANTS TO SEE!

30.09.2025 - 00:45 [ Middle East Eye ]

Eight Arab and Muslim nations endorse Trump‘s plan for Gaza

Eight Arab and Muslim nations released a statement on Monday backing US President Donald Trump‘s plan to end Israel‘s genocide in Gaza and establish an international peace keeping force there.

The countries are: Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan.

13.09.2025 - 22:30 [ Saudi Gazette ]

Saudi Arabia, US, UAE and Egypt underscore restoration of peace and ending suffering of people in Sudan

The meeting was convened at the invitation of the United States. The ministers have engaged in extensive consultations on the conflict in Sudan, recalling that it has provoked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and poses grave risks to regional peace and security.

The ministers committed to the shared set of principles with regard to ending the conflict in Sudan:

13.09.2025 - 22:22 [ Egypt Today ]

Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, US call for 3-month truce in Sudan, followed by 9-month transitional period to end ongoing civil war

The conflicting parties of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have committed war crimes and atrocities since mid-April 2023. On September 9, 2025, the UN Human Right Council submitted a report documenting that dozens of detainees have reportedly killed due to torture and the systematic deprivation of food and medical treatment since June.

It has been estimated that the war claimed the lives of 150,000 people by June 2024. As of July 2025, 12 million people had been forced to flee their homes, including 7.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs)—more than half of whom are children, said Migration Policy Institute on July 17, 2025.

Here is the full text of the joint statement: