Egypt tightly controls the Rafah crossing and Palestinians accuse it of being complicit in the siege on Gaza by refusing to keep the border permanently open 24 hours a day. There is no incentive for Egypt to open it for longer and allow hundreds of thousands of Gazans to escape f...
The rows of ambulances in Gaza started moving towards the border crossing into Egypt from Wednesday morning. Inside were some of the most critically wounded from the recent Israeli onslaught on the territory and this was the first chance for anyone to escape the hell of...
Months after Hamas attackers killed 1,200 people, a string of Israeli farming communities they targeted just across the border fence with Gaza remain all but empty.
“It is inconceivable that an academic institution would not ensure a zero tolerance for supporting terrorism, that the university would not act intensely and harshly condemn a lecturer who expresses herself in a despicable and inappropriate manner.” Egypt proposes 2...
a concern Hezbollah may share. Hezbollah has lobbed rockets and missiles across its southern border into Israel since the start of the war in Gaza, losing fighters daily in return fire. But it has held back from further dramatic escalation, even after presumed Israeli strikes killed a Hamas...
Her secretary of State would play a key part in her attempt to balance support for Israel with the mounting pressure from within her own party to take action to ensure better protections for civilians in Gaza and Lebanon. More than perhaps any other Cabinet member, the secretary of State has...