Posts Tagged ‘Mubarak’

Egypt’s best double-agent

Egypt’s best double-agent

The recent demise of Hosni Mubarak will maybe usher a new era in relations between Egypt and Israel. Thirty-three years after the signing of the Camp David Accords, it can be useful to look back at an aspect of the Yom Kippur War that is often neglected: the Egyptian deception campaign that enabled the Israeli [...]


Gaza: One small step towards the breaking of the siege

Gaza: One small step towards the breaking of the siege

Exactly one year after the “Operation Cast Lead” in December 2008, where 1400 Palestinians were massacred by Israeli war crimes, 1400 international peace activists from more than 40 countries gathered with the one common aim to break the siege of Gaza in a non-violent freedom march against the ongoing blockade, which forces the 1.5 million inhabitants of [...]