The recent visit to Egypt by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on September 13 marks a key point in the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli struggle. This is especially noteworthy after the conflict in the Gaza Strip last May between Israel and Hamas.
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In 2020, 26 journalists were imprisoned by the Egyptian government, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports. This past November, a prominent women’s rights activist was executed in broad-daylight in Benghazi, Libya, one of many targeted that year, Human Rights Watch adds. Just this month, a protestor was killed after Tunisian police, who were cracking down on protesters demanding social justice, fired tear gas.
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Across the streets of Cairo, demonstrators, study abroad students, and school children alike face detainment and torture by Egyptian security forces.
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Egyptians on the weekend of April 20 cast their votes on a series of controversial constitutional amendments. The proposed changes would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi to stay in power until 2030 and expand the power of the military.
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On October 4, a senior delegation belonging to the Palestinian fundamentalist movement Hamas concluded its trip to Cairo, signaling the end of another round of Egyptian-mediated negotiations between Hamas and rival Palestinian faction, Fatah.
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Looking back on the use of social mobilization through media in the Egyptian Arab Spring.
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Egypt’s cabinet approved a state of emergency declaration put forth by President Sisi in the wake of dual attacks by the self-proclaimed Islamic State, granting government authorities broad new powers to combat the threat of violent extremism.
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Security around Tahrir Square, the iconic center of the 2011 political demonstrations and revolt, has since been increased. The government has appointed clerics to preach against public dissent. Some remaining activists and human rights organizers have gone in to hiding. To date, Sisi has jailed over one thousand political critics.
Read moreA final count by the International Business Times indicated that turnout for the final first round was only 26.6 percent of the 27 million eligible voters.
Read moreThe widow of the flight’s co-pilot, Sergei Trukhachev, stated that her “husband had complained the plane’s condition ‘left much to be desired’ during a telephone call before the flight left Sharm el-Sheikh.”
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