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Israeli media frets little over Morsy power grab

Sisi swearing in
16 Aug 2012
Following President Mohamed Morsy’s firing of Hussein Tantawi, head of the formerly ruling military council, and other leading generals on Sunday, Israeli media commentators have reacted with cautious suspense toward the shake-up,...
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Under new leadership, media face old oppressive policies

Egyptian newspapers
16 Aug 2012
More than a month ago, the Muslim Brotherhood’s mouthpiece newspaper coined two dichotomous categories of media. One was “the black media,” or local TV channels and newspapers that strive “to reproduce the old...
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TV and the people: Ramadan channel trades soaps for politics

12 Aug 2012
Cairo’s street and bridges were strewn with billboards bearing the phrase “Al-Qahira wal Nas” — “Cairo and the People” — in July 2009. The phrase had no clear identity and left no clue as to the...
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Sinai insecurity: Israeli media plays on national pride and fear

08 Aug 2012
Sunday’s attack should open President Mohamed Morsy’s eyes, writes well-known Israeli journalist Boaz Bismuth in Israel Hayom, a right-leaning paper. “Egypt's budding love affair with the Gaza Strip does not afford it...
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Wednesday's papers: Two to tango

In this photo released by the office of the Egyptian Presidency, President Mohammed Morsy, second from right, talks with Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, second left, as they attend a military graduation ceremony with Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzoury, left, and military Chief of Staff Sami Anan, right, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, 17 July 2012.
01 Aug 2012
If it wasn’t obvious before that Egypt is being run with something akin to a power-sharing agreement between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military, Wednesday's papers make that clear with their top stories. The first of these...
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Allegations of Morsy insults in ad for construction of Temple of Solomon

24 Jul 2012
  Users of social networking sites along with news website have been circulating an Israeli ad which they claim ‘insults’ President Mohamed Morsy. The advertisement shows an Israeli family on the beach, with the...
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Channel featuring niqab-wearing women to be launched in Ramadan

Niqab
05 Jul 2012
State-run Al-Ahram newspaper said Thursday that there are plans to launch a satellite channel during Ramadan featuring only women who wear the niqab.   Safaa al-Refa’ei, a Qur’an teacher who is in charge of the channel,...
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FJP newspaper typo cites Mubarak as president

Mohamed Mostafa, managing editor of the Freedom and Justice newspaper.
01 Jul 2012
The Freedom and Justice Party’s official newspaper made a bizarre typo on its fourth page on Sunday, in an article published under the title "Legitimacy goes to parliament." In the report, a statement by MP Sheikh Sayed...
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Israeli press frets over Morsy victory

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, July 3, 2011.
26 Jun 2012
"Israel appreciates the democratic process in Egypt and respects its outcome," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday following the announcement that Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsy won Egypt’s...
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Monday's papers: Morsy elected president

Mohamed Morsy's victory in Tahrir Square
25 Jun 2012
State-owned Al-Ahram this morning uses its distinct celebratory red font and leads with, “Morsy the first civilian Egyptian president.” The newspaper says the Presidential Elections Commission yesterday declared that 51.73...
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