Netanyahu’s Egypt Problem
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 4/4/2009 — The new Netanyahu-Lieberman government in Israel is going to have some problems in its relationship with the United States. But the bigger immediate problem is going to relate to Israel’s strategically important relationships with other ...

Report: Egypt to warn Israel of Hizbullah attack - Israel News, Ynetnews
ynetnews.com 12/30/2008 — Report: Egypt to warn Israel of Hizbullah attack Al-Hayat newspaper reports Turkey, Egypt plan to warn Israel ground operation in Gaza could lead to opening of northern front. Two countries discuss plan to reach truce Roee Nahmias Turkey and Egypt ...

Egypt announces Israel-Hamas truce plan - Israel News, Ynetnews
ynetnews.com 1/7/2009 — Egypt announces Israel-Hamas truce plan According to proposal presented by President Mubarak, Israel and Palestinian factions should accept immediate ceasefire for limited period, to be followed by talks on long-term arrangements including end to ...

UNESCO bid reveals rampant Egyptian antisemitism
jihadwatch.org 10/1/2009 — Egypt has a peace accord with Israel and is supposed to be discouraging antisemitism within the country. But the Farouk Hosny bid to become chief of UNESCO reveals just how spectacularly Egypt has failed to live up to that commitment. And that, of course, is not surprising, given the deep ...

What was missing from Obama’s speech, part 2
faustasblog.com 6/9/2009 — André Aciman, author of the memoir “Out of Egypt,” writes on The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention The president never said a word about me. Or, for that matter, about any of the other 800,000 or so Jews born in the Middle East who fled the Arab and Muslim world or who were summarily ...

James Zogby: High Expectations for Obama's Speech in Egypt
huffingtonpost.com 5/31/2009 — Following on the heels of his meetings with a number of Middle East leaders, President Barack Obama travels next week to Egypt where, on June 4th, he will deliver a much anticipated speech to the Muslim world. Already the topic of great ...

Last Year's Presidential Speech in Egypt
corner.nationalreview.com 6/5/2009 — President Obama has just given a speech in Egypt. Last year, our then president, George W. Bush, gave a speech in Egypt -- at Sharm El Sheikh. I was present for it, and wrote about it for National Review: here. Bush's remarks were not as warmly ...

Blame Egypt: all the cool kids are doing it1
sandmonkey.org 1/4/2009 — The conflict that's been going on for the past 4 days in Ghaza is kind of horrific, with both sides sharing some the blame(Hamas for being its stupid and reckless self, and Israel doing it's own rendition of what the wrath of the old testement god ...

Egypt: Hizbullah declared war on us | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 12/29/2008 — In a press conference held on Monday afternoon in Ankara with his Turkish counterpart, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit responded to criticism by Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, saying that "They have practically declared war ...

Don't count on Egypt to stop weapons smuggling | Op-Ed Contributors | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/23/2009 — Conventional wisdom posits that Egypt must and will play a central role in halting the smuggling of weapons from Sinai to Gaza. Yet this is extraordinarily unlikely - for strategic, political and Egyptian domestic reasons. Egypt does not mind if Hamas ...

Republican senator opposes Obama's Iraq envoy pick (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/26/2009
Reuters - A Republican senator vowed on Wednesday to block nomination of President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Iraq, saying he had mismanaged talks with North Korea and ignored its human rights record.

Republican senator opposes Obama's Iraq envoy pick — Reuters: Politics 3/26/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator vowed on Wednesday to block nomination of President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Iraq, saying he had mismanaged talks with North Korea and ignored its human rights record.

Pushing an Agenda, and Raising Cash for It — NYT > Politics 3/26/2009
President Obama’s first fund-raising events underscored the challenge he faces in engaging in politics as so many Americans are facing hard times.

Pope will visit Mideast May 8-15 (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/26/2009
AP - The Vatican has set May 8-15 for Pope Benedict XVI's long-awaited first visit to the Holy Land, with stops in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Clinton Reassures Mexico About Its Image — NYT > Politics 3/27/2009
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a point of telling Mexico that no official of the Obama administration had ever used the phrase “failed state” when talking about Mexico.