Another border crossing, between Egypt and Gaza, has been blocked since Friday; police seek to press the Morsi government to secure the release of their colleagues, who were abducted by Islamist gunmen.

NSF, an alliance of liberal and leftist opposition parties, says the draft law submitted to the Shura Council, which for now has legislative powers, was more restrictive than laws under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.

Angered by kidnapping of seven Egyptian policemen by Islamist gunmen in Sinai, Egypt keeps Gaza crossing closed Friday and Saturday, leaving hundreds of Palestinian travelers stranded.

Officers lock gates at border crossing in response to the abduction of seven members of the Egyptian security forces by Islamist gunmen; meanwhile hundreds of Palestinians stranded on both sides.

Local delivery company is bringing fried chicken from the U.S. fast-food chain through tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border, and delivering it all over the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian newspaper El-Watan claims to have broken security lines to speak to Hosni Mubarak, who has not made any comments publicly since being ousted in 2011.

In first such protest by the Brotherhood,from which Egypt's Morsi hails, after the 2011 uprising that ousted Mubarak, demonstrators assail Israel strikes on Syria and the detention of a Muslim cleric.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said defense sales to Israel serve American-Israeli alliance, says ties with Egypt one of most important relationships.

How come Israel can send delegations to distant lands such as Haiti and Japan when earthquake strikes but it can’t help its next-door neighbor, which has produced 1.3 million refugees?

Maybe Israel's so-called middle class will finally learn that with Yair Lapid's budget cuts it's on the way to being the underclass.