The Israeli government has agreed in principle to withdraw from most of Judea and Samaria (“Yesha”), in secret talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Egypt and the European Union (EU) have been mediating the negotiations, according to the World Net Daily (WND) news website, which quoted high-level Egyptian diplomatic and intelligence officials, and an aide to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana as saying they have been directly involved in the talks. Negotiations have been quietly proceeding apace for the past two or three weeks, according to sources quoted by WND reporter Aaron Klein, after PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas
Read More +Al Zawraa television, the face of Iraq’s Sunni insurgency, shows roadside bombs blowing up American tanks and insurgent snipers taking aim and firing. All this blatant anti-Americanism is broadcasting 24/7 on an Egyptian government-controlled satellite provider, Nilesat, even though Iraq and the U.S. have asked Egypt to pull the plug.
Read More +Egyptian President Mubarak’s biggest fear is that Gaza, which is entirely under the control of armed militias, could turn into a major base for global jihad and other terrorist groups. Al-Qaeda terrorists, working in cooperation with elements in Egypt’s banned but powerful Muslim Brotherhood, are said to be very active among the Bedouin population in Sinai. Mubarak’s crackdown on al-Qaeda cells in Sinai has forced some of the terrorists to flee to Gaza, where they have been welcome to use the training camps established on the ruins of some former settlements. The Egyptians fear that these terrorists will eventually return
Read More +An Israeli plan to construct 30 new homes in Maskiot in the Jordan Valley for families evacuated from uprooted Gaza Strip settlements has been questioned by the U.S. State Department. But David Siegel, spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, said “the settlement is not a new one.” It was legally established in 1982, housed an army unit and a school, and has had civilians living there for several years. The plan is to build within the confines of the existing settlement, he said. Aha. “Settlements”. A buzzword and part of the Palestinian terminology manufactured by the PLO to make
Read More +The Phony Cease-Fire
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From The Phony Cease-Fire: For the last month we’ve had a phony cease-fire around the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians claim to be holding their fire while Islamic Jihad continues launching Kassam rockets daily at Sderot and Ashkelon. If the Egyptians had kept their side of the Philadelphi deal, Islamic Jihad would have run out of explosives long ago.
Read More +From Egypt Transfers 2,000 Rifles and Ammunition to Fatah in Gaza: Egypt transferred 2,000 AK-47 rifles and two million rounds of ammunition to PA security organizations in Gaza Wednesday with Israel’s approval in an effort to bolster Fatah-affiliated groups following clashes with Hamas. Senior members of Fatah-affiliated groups have complained of their inferior firepower when confronted by Hamas forces, since Hamas controls most of the smuggling tunnels for weapons flowing into Gaza from Egypt. The decision to reinforce Fatah forces was made during the meeting between Prime Minister Olmert and PA Chairman Abbas on Saturday. During the meeting, Abbas also
Read More +Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday rejected calls by parliament members and journalists in Cairo for the return of Umm Rashrash – or Eilat, in Hebrew – to Egypt, and said that anyone who brought the subject up for discussion was only trying to create problems. The foreign minister’s statement was meant to stem a renewed interest among opposition MPs and the Egyptian press in seeing Umm Rashrash return to Egyptian ownership. The subject recently gained media attention with the establishment of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Umm Rashrash, a group founded by Egyptian MP Tala’at
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