The deal was sealed over meetings and dinner, federal prosecutors say. Officials representing Egypt’s authoritarian government wanted a powerful American’s help with weapons sales and financing. Sen. Robert Menendez and his then-girlfriend Nadine Arslanian said the senator could facilitate both. In exchange, a New Jersey middleman − a struggling Egyptian-born business entrepreneur named Wael “Will” […]
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Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens for aid
The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Just 20 trucks were allowed in, an amount that aid workers said was insufficient to address the […]