By : Abdallah Schleifer Reading the official communiques coming from both Jordan and Egypt following last Thursday’s official visit of Egyptian President Al-Sisi to Amman and his meeting with King Abdallah II provoked a curious nostalgia. It was not nostalgia

By : Abdallah Schleifer How many more beheadings have to take place in Benghazi and Derna before U.N. representatives or Western statesmen stop talking about the need for all parties in the Libyan civil war to sit down and negotiate

By: Abdallah Schleifer Libya is on the edge of chaos. The architects of that chaos, a military-political alliance called “The Libyan Shield” made up of Muslim Brotherhood members, the pro-Brotherhood militias from Misrata and the murderous salafist-jihadists of Ansar al-Sharia,

By: Abdallah Schleifer Three weeks ago, the Egyptian media’s take on Gaza was that, by and large, it was Hamas’ fault. Media outlets covered the heavy volley of Hamas rockets that came as part of the usual tit-for-tat exchange –

By: Abdallah Schleifer The devastating struggle underway in Gaza seems to have overshadowed, in media coverage, the battles being fought in Libya in both Tripoli and Benghazi – battles which already have had ramifications for Egypt measured in blood. A

By: Abdallah Schleifer Egypt can and must open the border crossing point with Gaza to provide temporary refugee relief while guaranteeing Egypt’s own security from Gaza and Sinai based terrorists. The Palestinians in Gaza are in a dire situation. Hamas