Hosni Mubarak

Making Egypt more critical towards Israel requires a “structural change” within Egypt itself.

Egypt’s policies toward Gaza are a barometer of the country’s foreign policy independence since the fall of Mubarak.

Palestinians are cautious about the future of freedom of movement between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

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.

The Israeli government and its supporters now feel justified in exploiting the Syrian people’s suffering and resistance in order to further their own political agenda, depicting Israel as a “vibrant democracy” in comparison to Syria.

Just as Israel did — and still does — with Palestinians wanting to return to their homeland, thousands of desperate asylum seekers from Africa are being criminalized under the “Prevention of Infiltration law.”

Israel is still restricting imports of material need to repair mosques bombed during Operation Cast Lead.

Egypt’s border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was reopened to Palestinian travelers Wednesday after a series of squabbles over operational procedures had temporarily brought cross-border traffic to a halt.