Russia’s invasion of Ukraine puts Israel in a tricky spot

For several weeks now, Israel has been walking between the raindrops as “Egypt is destroying the town of Saint Catherine’s in Sinai,” Mohannad Sabry, a journalist and Sinai researcher, said on Twitter, “And it calls it development.” Sabry called on UNSESCO to intervene, saying that while the work will “take decades to reverse,” it is not too late. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said in September that the government has “taken into consideration the holiness of the site,” and has been in touch with environmental and antiquity experts throughout the renovation period. The North African country’s tourism sector took a painful blow during the Covid-19 pandemic but it has seen some improvement after global restrictions were eased. South Sinai’s development is one of many projects aimed at reviving the tourism industry. – By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Photo of the day