JERUSALEM – Israelis, who share a border with Egypt in the south, are watching the events unfolding there closely.
As the final hours of Mohammed Morsi's presidency wound down, Israelis took to Facebook and Twitter to monitor the volatile situation. At night they turned on their TVs, anxious to watch the huge crowds at Tahrir Square and hear what analysts had to say about the future of Israeli-Egyptian relations.
The New York Times columnist misconstrues the issues at stake in the challenge to New York's restrictions on houses of worship.
We're expected to suffer discomfort, economic pain, and emotional distress or else pay fines or serve jail time. Government officials, meanwhile, take offense when called out for violating the standards they created.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo described his policy as a "fear-driven response," cut by a "hatchet" rather than a "scalpel."
"He is an icon of hate speech and transphobia."
The mayor is traveling to Mississippi to spend the holiday with his wife and daughter.