#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
Fears that #Israel or international partners could pressure #Egypt into accepting millions of #Palestinians settling in the #Sinai have abounded for decades in #Cairo: #HosniMubarak strenuously denied reports in 2017 that he had cut a deal with #MargaretThatcher in 1983 to resettle Palestinians exiled in Lebanon in the peninsula, adding that #BenjaminNetanyahu, had also proposed the idea in 2010.
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
A #Hamas source has told news agency Agence France-Presse that a delegation is heading to #Cairo to meet Egyptian and Qatari mediators, after Israeli negotiators held talks with the mediators on Tuesday. #Egypt
TikTok CEO #ShouZiChew has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the #US#SupremeCourt, national security considerations could outweigh #FreeSpeech protection.
A senior Israeli official says that the latest round of indirect negotiations in #Cairo to halt hostilities in #Gaza had ended and Israel would proceed with its operation in #Rafah and other parts of the #GazaStrip as planned
As #ceasefire talks continued in #Cairo, Palestinian militant groups #Hamas and #IslamicJihad said their fighters struck Israeli forces on the eastern outskirts of #Rafah, firing anti-tank rockets and mortars at Israeli positions.
#Biden, who says Israel has not produced a convincing plan to safeguard civilians in Rafah, warns a major assault could halt arms supply to #Israel.
Playing around with Cairo, using the Rust bindings! I don't have any practical ideas to utilize what I'm learning yet, but it's fun to experiment with nonetheless ✏️
Unearth the #Cairo Toe! 🦶 Dating back to 950-710 BCE, this wooden prosthetic toe from ancient #Egypt, now in the British Museum, reflects remarkable innovation. More than art, it's functional, enhancing mobility. A testament to resilience through the ages.
At least 14 activists were arrested today in #Cairo during a protest in solidarity with the women of #Gaza and #Sudan outside the UN Women regional office headquarters. They were reading a statement calling for an end to the occupation in #Palestine and the war in Sudan.
A team of Israeli officials is now in #Cairo and it remains to be seen what will become of the latest ceasefire plan brokered by #Egypt and #Qatar. This proposal centres around a halt in fighting and the return of some of the more than 130 Israeli hostages in exchange for #Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel. Camille Knight looks at the sticking points in the truce proposals. #Israel#Gaza#Hamas
A mass iftar dinner in #Cairo turned into a mass rally for #Gaza. Thousands gathered to break their fast for Ramadan when people began chanting. The spontaneity allowed them to circumvent government restrictions on protest. @egypt@palestine
I painted an Eocetus schweinfurthi the other day. It's odd that there weren't any proper life reconstructions of it made so far. A lot of Eocetus material got lost during WW2 but we know what it is related to and we even have a skull.
Now free for all to read... During the festive season, my mind turned to two Christmases I spent in Egypt in the mid-1990s. Here's what they were like:
John Pilger wasn't just a writer, professor, award-winning documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist, too. His work is outstanding since he was a brave war reporter and had the guts to speak Truth to the power (much like #JulianAssange ). While he couldn't change the situation with his 2002 doc film #Palestine is still the issue https://piped.video/watch?v=2VysTdcRUYc
he pointed out the cruelties and missing justice over two decades ago.
His reports and analytics been possible in a time window when #independent and #FreePress weren't just labels like in the end of 2023. December 30th., got a black cross in our calendar since it was the day we had to start missing his #AntiWar reports, unique documentaries, wise questions and comments. Wherever he is, may #JohnPilger find #Peace if it wasn't possible on this planet.