Egypt

NOVANEWS   Ed note–one of the things that was predicted by this website in the early days of the “revolutions” in the Middle East was that one of the first things that would be done in their aftermath is that Western economic forces (meaning Zionist money) would be used as a weapon in making sure that the revolutions wound up serving western (Zionist) political aims. AP The Obama administration is considering a package of economic assistance, including debt relief, to help Egypt in its democratic transition following the ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak in February. The State Department said Monday that discussions are under way between U.S. officials and Egypt’s transitional government about how to best aid the country. A senior U.S. diplomat was in Egypt last week to disc...

NOVANEWS   Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Iranian foreign minister has reiterated the resolve of Iran and Egypt to re-establish their bilateral relations following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak. “The two countries have expressed their explicit willingness and interest to resume ties,” Ali Akbar Salehi said on Sunday. Salehi added that Iranian and Egyptian officials are holding talks to open a new page in their bilateral relations, IRNA reported. “I will meet Egypt’s Foreign Minister [Nabil al-Arabi] during my visit to Indonesia to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit,” the Iranian foreign minister said. The NAM foreign ministers are expected to hold a meeting on the island of Bali later in May. Salehi said he planned to visit Cairo in the near future, ...

NOVANEWS Connecting their revolution to the Palestinian struggle in a positive way, Egypt’s new government refused to continue participation in the Siege of Gaza. Liberation will not stop at the Rafah Crossing.  Hopefully this will help Israel to recognize the inevitable and cease its futile policy. Here’s Gisha’s response to the announcment that the government would ease passage via Rafah. Gisha expresses hope that Egypt will expand the ability of Gaza residents to travel abroad via Rafah Crossing, which has become Gaza’s gateway to the world, in light of Israel’s closure of Gaza’s airspace and territorial waters and restrictions on travel via Erez Crossing. Gisha notes the need also to permit passage of people and goods between Gaza and the West Bank, recognized by Israel as a ...

NOVANEWS     Egyptians have held several anti-Israeli rallies in Cairo over the past few weeks. Thousands of Egyptian protesters have gathered outside the Israeli embassy in the capital, calling for an end to Cairo’s relations with Tel Aviv. Several hundred angry protesters also gathered in Cairo’s historic Liberation Square following the Friday Prayers. Protesters voiced their anger at Tel Aviv by burning the Israeli flag and demanding the liberation of Palestine and departure of the Israeli ambassador. Protesters demanded that the Egyptian government sever all ties with Israel and an immediate halt in gas exports to Tel Aviv. The new wave of demonstrations is the latest in a series of major protest rallies that led to the downfall of the decades-long Egypt...

NOVANEWS   by Adam Morrow    CAIRO, May 1, 2011 (IPS) — More than two months since former president Hosni Mubarak was forced from office after 30 years in power, local political figures and analysts warn of “counterrevolutionary elements” still working behind the scenes to thwart Egypt’s ongoing transition to democracy. “These elements have consistently worked to reverse the gains made by the Jan. 25 Revolution by sowing fear, chaos and fitna(discord) between different segments of society,” Essam al-Arian, spokesman for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement, told IPS. In the first days of the 18-day uprising, the embattled Mubarak regime used its expansive state media machine to spread false news reports of murder and mayhem in hopes of terrorising the public and discrediting the revolution...

NOVANEWS   Rafah’s opening would be a violation of an agreement reached in 2005 between the U.S., IsraHell Egypt, and the EU; Israel official tells the Wall Street Journal developments in Egypt could affect Israel’s national security. Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces General Sami Anan warned Israel against interfering with Egypt’s plan to open the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on a permanent basis, saying it was not a matter of Israel’s concern, Army Radio reported on Saturday. Egypt announced this week that it intended to permanently open the border crossing with Gaza within the next few days. Palestinians take part in a protest at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, April 27, 2011. Photo by: Reuters The announcement indicates a significan...

NOVANEWS   by crescentandcross Cairo’s decision to open Rafah border has Jerusalem worried over new security threats Ed note–Israel is not ‘concerned’ about this latest development at all. She plans all-out war with Egypt in order to steal the Sinai and all the land up to and including the Nile River, and in order to prepare the public mind for this a state of war must be created between Israel and Egypt, one of the many reasons that the “revolution” in Egypt was allowed to take place. Egypt’s shifting foreign policy, including the decision to open the Egypt-Gaza border, embrace Hamas and upgrade relations with Iran, has Israel concerned that these recent moves may translate into new security threats, which may eventually undermining the peace between Jerusalem and Cairo. “We are...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross Only 36 percent of Egyptians are in favor of maintaining the treaty, according to U.S.-based polling company. More than half of all Egyptians would like to see the 1979 peace treaty with Zionism annulled, according to results of a poll conducted by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center released Monday. According to the poll results, only 36 percent of Egyptians are in favor of maintaining the treaty, compared with 54 percent who would like to see it scrapped. Egyptian leader Zionist Sadat raises a toast with U.S. President Carter and Nazi Prime Minister Menachem Begin, March 26, 1979 The poll highlights the deep unpopularity of the three-decade-old treaty, which was scrupulously adhered to by former Zionist puppet Hosni Mu-Barak, who was ousted...

NOVANEWS by crescentandcross   Egyptian Coptic Christians and Muslims raise a cross and the Holy Qur’an in Cairo’s Tahrir Square during anti-government protests which began in January. A majority of Egyptians believe laws in their country should be based on the teachings of Islam’s holy book, the Quran, a new opinion poll has revealed. The survey conducted by US-based Pew Research Center reflects deep Islamic roots within the Egyptian community and a shift towards religious conservatism, the Associated Press reported. The poll’s results, which came out on Monday, also indicate that most Egyptians prefer having religious parties included in any future government. Some 54 percent of those surveyed also want an end to their country’s 32-year peace treaty with the Zio-Nazi reg...

NOVANEWS   modernityblog   Whilst protesters across the Middle East and elsewhere are using social media and the Internet to coordinate actions against dictators and other despots, they are not alone. Eli Lake in the Washington Times has news of how a British company offered software to spy on protesters, or more accurately their PC activities: "Egyptian anti-regime activists found a startling document last month during a raid inside the headquarters of the country’s state security service: A British company offered to sell a program that security experts say could infect dissidents’ computers and gain access to their email and other communications. The discovery highlights the emerging market of Western companies that sell software to security serv...