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Tag: Suez Canal

0 Politics

How Hamas Saved Egypt

Judith Miller in Tablet · 15 May

Hamas' conflict with Israel, particularly the events of Oct. 7, which resulted in casualties on both sides, inadvertently sparked international financial aid that helped save Egypt's struggling economy from collapse in the face of mounting debt and economic challenges, leading to significant investments and bailouts from various sources including the Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union, and the Gulf states.

0 History Holocaust

‘Nobody can go through those tunnels and come back the same person’: IDF veterans speak on Yom ha-Zikaron

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 12 May

IDF veterans Yoram Shalmon and Henry Balaban reflect on their experiences during the Yom Kippur War and the current war in Israel on Yom ha-Zikaron.

0 History Israel

Menachem Butler in Tablet · 7 Mar

In 1973 during the Yom Kippur War, Hillel Unsdorfer, a devout Israeli soldier, and his unit of 42 men bravely defended a bunker along the Suez Canal against advancing Egyptian tanks for a week, even after being the last remaining Israeli force in combat.

0 Politics Israel

UAE-Israel land corridor expanding to Egypt

Etgar Lefkovits in JNS · 24 Dec 2023

The land corridor between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, which extends through Saudi Arabia and Jordan, is now being expanded to include Egypt.

0 History Politics

86-year-old Hadassa Kingstone's epic life tells the story of the State of Israel

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 27 Apr 2023

Hadassa Kingstone, born in pre-State Haifa in 1936 to parents who escaped Hitler's Europe, shares her epic life story that intertwines with the history of the State of Israel.

0 History Politics

Ike’s Bet and Nasser’s Vasser

Allan Arkush in Jewish Review of Books · 4 Jan 2017

Michael Doran's book delves into the complex relationship between American diplomacy and Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser during the mid-20th century.

0 History Politics

Railroads and Dragon’s Teeth

Jordan Chandler Hirsch in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Feb 2013

The text discusses the role of Arab Bedouins in World War I, particularly in the context of the British defense of the Suez Canal against the Ottoman Empire and German-led forces.