Sinai
Shavuot 2026: The festival's Jewish mission to elevate the world
Judaism calls on people not to flee the physical world, but to elevate it through Torah and mitzvot.
Egypt’s dangerous pressure game against Israel - opinion
Newly published documents belonging to Israel's first prime minister reveal eerily relevant message
An ancient Egyptian temple was just found in Sinai after six years of digging
Israel's Taba Crossing to Egypt reopened by Merav Michaeli
The reopening of the Taba Crossing was announced as demand for entry permits to the Sinai Peninsula skyrocketed.
Sinai warning level lowered for Israelis after a decade of high alert
Sinai has remained a popular tourist destination for Israelis ever since it was returned to Egypt during the peace accords in 1979, with a steady rise in visitors since 2016.
Woman filing rape complaint investigated instead for quarantine violation
Following recent criticism of Israel Police on its handling of reports of violence against women, a woman said police questioned her for violating quarantine instead of taking her rape report.
Parashat Beha’alotcha: A journey to the unknown
After about a year of camping near Mount Sinai, the children of Israel began moving toward the Promised Land.
ISIS in Sinai leader killed in clash with Egyptian forces - report
Al-Hamadin, referred to as the "most dangerous and oldest of the takfiri elements in the Sinai," was responsible for the murder of hundreds of civilians and Egyptian soldiers.
Unique Bedouin archive finds home at National Library of Israel
Over the past fifty years, Bedouin expert Dr. Clinton Bailey has documented and researched Bedouin life in the Sinai and Negev deserts.
Israel to provide COVID vaccines to Sinai peacekeepers, official says
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said 2,400 doses would be provided but did not elaborate on the terms or the timing of the handover.
Fallen heroes of Sinai war remembered
After France and Britain had called for a ceasefire, Israel and Egypt continued with heavy fighting in which 231 Israeli soldiers, many of them reservists, lost their lives.
Eight peacekeepers killed in military helicopter crash in Sinai
Israel Air Force's search-and-rescue unit reportedly evacuated one person in critical condition to Soroka hospital in Beersheba.
Shifting terrorist tactics slow development in Egypt's North Sinai
An Islamist insurgency spread in northern Sinai after the military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013.
