Warming ties between Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked government and the Iran-backed terror group Hamas are causing analysts to express concerns over Cairo’s future role in the region. This week Egypt dispatched to Gaza its sports minister, Al-Ameri Farouk, at the head of a 70-strong delegation. Palestinian media outlets carried fulsome praise...

A just-announced unity deal between the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions risks permanently undermining peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, according to Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas has been at odds with Fatah at least since the Iran-backed terror group violently expelled Fatah officials from...

Representatives from Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas are in Cairo for reconciliation talks, the progress of which has been at best uneven. Resentment and sometimes open fighting has complicated efforts to bring the two groups together since a violent 2007 coup saw Hamas forces expel Fatah from the Gaza Strip....

A new study shows massive Iranian support has improved the military capabilities of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organizations. According to Tel Aviv-based Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the massive rocket fire from Gaza in November that targeted Israeli civilian population centers was made possible by Iran’s support....

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is expected to mediate talks in Cairo Wednesday between the leaders of Fatah and Hamas to help implement a unity pact signed in 2011. Egypt helped broker the deal aimed at ending the split between Fatah in the West Bank and Iran-backed Hamas, which seized control of...

A future Palestinian state is in “extreme jeopardy” according to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The Palestinian Authority is struggling to cope with a spiraling economic and financial crisis that Fayyad linked to the failure of Arab states to deliver promised assistance. The assistance has become crucial in the aftermath of...