News & Media

Nov 14, 2024

Recent Visits to the MFO

Visits are a crucial element to understanding the MFO, our mission, and our role in promoting regional peace and stability. These visits result in productive dialogue with our Egyptian and Israeli colleagues, representatives of MFO Troop-Contributing and Donor States, and friends.

 

Sep 11, 2024

MFO Welcomes Denmark

The MFO and the Treaty Parties, Egypt and Israel, are very honored and pleased to report that Denmark has rejoined the MFO’s family of Supporting States.

Aug 14, 2024

MFO Spotlight: Fire and Rescue Services

The MFO speaks with Chief Fire Officer Innes Southard and a member of his team regarding MFO Fire and Rescue Service operations, inspections, and training efforts to keep our personnel safe at MFO facilities in Sinai.

Jul 29, 2024

Recent visits to the MFO (April to July 2024)

Visits are a crucial element to understanding the MFO, our mission, and our role in promoting regional peace and stability. These visits result in productive dialogue with our Egyptian and Israeli colleagues, representatives of MFO Troop-Contributing and Donor States, and friends.

 

Jul 25, 2024

Japan-funded Armored Bus Welcomed into MFO Fleet

The MFO officially inducted a new armored bus, funded by the Government of Japan, into our vehicle fleet on 22 July 2024. In attendance at the ceremony held at our South Camp was the Ambassador of Japan to the Arab Republic of Egypt, His Excellency Oka Hiroshi. He was accompanied by the MFO’s Force Commander, Major General Michael Garraway, and our Director General’s Representative in Cairo, Mr. Brad Lynch.

Jul 12, 2024

Supporting States Visit - July 11, 2024

The MFO Force Commander, Major General Michael Garraway, and MFO personnel welcomed Ambassadors, Defense Attachés, and other key staff from Israel-based embassies to the MFO’s North Camp.

 

Mar 17, 2024

MFO Salutes its New Force Commander

Major General Michael Garraway of Australia assumed command of the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai from Interim Force Commander, Major General Evan Williams of New Zealand, on 17 March 2024.

Mar 14, 2024

Recent visits to the MFO

Visits are a crucial element to understanding the MFO, our mission, and our role in promoting regional peace and stability. These visits result in productive dialogue with our Egyptian and Israeli colleagues, representatives of MFO Troop-Contributing and Donor States, and friends.

Mar 11, 2024

MFO Plenary Meeting, March 4, 2024

Representatives from twenty-one MFO Supporting States attended the plenary session of the MFO’s Annual Meeting in Rome on March 4, 2024, including delegations from Egypt, Israel, and the United States.

 

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News & Media MFO Plenary Meeting, March 4, 2024

Mar 11, 2024

MFO Plenary Meeting, March 4, 2024

Representatives from twenty-one MFO Supporting States attended the plenary session of the MFO’s Annual Meeting in Rome on March 4, 2024, including delegations from Egypt, Israel, and the United States.

 

The MFO’s Director General, Elizabeth L. Dibble, and our Interim Force Commander, MG Evan Williams (New Zealand), provided Supporting State Representatives with an update on the conduct of the MFO mission in 2023 as well as future operations and plans, current finances, actions taken to protect our personnel, and our initiatives to sustain peace and facilitate dialogue between Egypt and Israel.

 

DG Dibble thanked all MFO Supporting States and their delegates for choosing to work together, for their trust in the peace between Egypt and Israel, and for taking part in the community that is the MFO. “We remain confident that, with your continued support, we will continue to successfully fulfill our mission and adapt our operations as necessary now and in the future, as we have adapted over the years in other situations.”

 

Major General Alaa Kassem, Chief, of Egypt’s Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) stated “This gathering reflects the will and the desire of our countries to maintain peace and stability and serves as a reminder for each one of us regarding the exceptional role of the MFO in both peacemaking and peacekeeping. At this critical phase in the Middle East, where a complex geopolitical situation has been evolving, we are all here supporting the Egyptian/Israeli Peace Treaty.”

 

Brigadier General Efraim Defrin, Chief, of the Israel Defense Force’s International Cooperation Division remarked that “the [Israel Defense Forces] attribute great importance to the Peace Treaty. The Treaty is a crucial element in ensuring that peace will continue to prevail and prosper, despite the efforts to stop it, and especially during these complex and testing times. Therefore, I am honored to have the chance to express once more that the IDF is devoted to the Peace Treaty and its respective ties with the MFO and with Egypt.”

 

With MG Williams’ departure imminent, DG Dibble thanked him for his selfless service with the MFO for six months as Interim Force Commander and for his earlier three plus years with the MFO as Force Commander. She also welcomed and introduced our incoming Force Commander, MG Michael Garraway from Australia, who will take command of the Force in Sinai on March 17, 2024.