Egypt

Will Hamas squander its Gaza victory?

Hicham Safieddine
Beirut
30 November 2012

Khaled Meshaal’s U-turns make him sound like a broken record of Mahmoud Abbas.

Will the siege on Gaza finally be lifted?

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
26 November 2012

Hamas and Israel are supposed to negotiate the opening of crossings under the terms of their ceasefire accord.

Gaza housing crisis worsens as Egypt restricts building material

Gaza Strip
8 November 2012

Dreams of owning a home are thwarted by Egypt’s tunnel closures as well as Israel’s ongoing blockade.

The Electronic Intifada weekly podcast: Nancy Kricorian on BDS campaigns against Israel's pillage in West Bank

Nancy Kricorian of the Stolen Beauty BDS campaign on the significance of a new report by Al Haq designating Israel’s resource theft in the Dead Sea as a crime of pillage; and much more.

Stuck in limbo between Egypt and Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
6 September 2012
The Electronic Intifada contributor Rami Almeghari on playing the Palestinian waiting game in Cairo.

Egypt reopens border crossing with Gaza -- for now

Eva Bartlett
Rafah Crossing
4 September 2012
Palestinians are cautious about the future of freedom of movement between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

Love and light at the end of Gaza’s tunnels

Mohammed Omer
29 August 2012
Brides and bridegrooms are now being smuggled through the Gaza tunnels, adding to the usual fare of medicine, building materials and commercial goods.

Hopes for freedom of movement dashed, once again, in Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Cairo
28 August 2012
Palestinians in Gaza, half of whom are under 18 and more than a million dependent on food aid, were optimistic about Egypt’s new president. Their hopes for support are now quickly fading.

Jerusalemite faces decades in prison after visiting nearby village

Maath Musleh
Jerusalem
20 August 2012
Samer Issawi faces essentially a life sentence after his arrest in a Jerusalem-area village, which Israel says is outside the city municipality and therefore violates a prisoner swap agreement that won Isaswi’s release last year.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Rana Baker on the closure of the Gaza-Egypt border

On this week’s podcast: Rana Baker assesses the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza, sealed at the Egyptian border following an attack on Egyptian soldiers last week; and much more!

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