Israel (and Beyond) Live: A Quiet "Freeze" on Settlement Expansion?
Friday, April 12, 2013 at 9:13 | Scott Lucas in EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran 
1625 GMT:Egypt. In an apparent show of defiance of a report criticising Egypt's armed forces, President Morsi has promoted several generals.
A Government-commissioned report, portions of which have been leaked, has found that officers killed, tortured and abducted Egyptians during the 2011 uprising against the Mubarak regime and protests over the following two years.
Standing alongside members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Morsi said: "Any insult against the armed forces is an insult against all of us, and we reject any kind of insults....I announce this to the whole world: we appreciate the great role that the armed forces has been playing in maintaining the safety and security of this country."
Morsi promoted three major-generals to the honorific title of lieutenant-general.
As the President listened, the head of the armed forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said:
The armed forces during the last two years was very, very fond of Egypt and the people of Egypt and did not commit any malpractices whatsoever. By God I swear that the army, since 25 January 2011, did not kill and did not order to kill, did not deceive and did not order to deceive.