Salem Alketbi

Dr. Alketbi holds a Ph.D. in Public Law and Political Science from the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences at the Hassan II University in Casablanca for his thesis entitled "Political and religious propaganda and leadership in the Arab world social media".

 Representatives of the UAE, US, Israel, Bahrain Morocco and Egypt at the Steering Committee of the Negev Forum, June 27, 2022.

Gulf turns to Israel for security as Washington pivots inwards - opinion

Hiba Rahim, interim executive director of CAIR-Florida, speaks during a press conference in response to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis designating the Council on American-Islamic Relations as a “foreign terror organization,” earlier this month.

Manufacturing extremism in the West: the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game - opinion

HEZBOLLAH LEADER Naim Qassem delivers a speech via video at a ceremony on the outskirts of Beirut in September 2025.

Hezbollah under Israel’s scalpel: The redrawing of Lebanon's power architecture - opinion


The conflicts in the Middle East were always inevitable - opinion

History teaches us that whenever a vacuum of power is left unfilled, extremist groups rush to occupy it.

NAMES OF VICTIMS are projected in Paris earlier this month, a decade since the attacks of November 13, 2015 in which 130 civilians were killed.

Offering Israeli citizenship for some Gazans presents a path to survival, rebuilding - opinion

The recently discussed proposition of offering Israeli citizenship to some Gazans in areas controlled by Israel can be an opportunity to rebuild life.

PALESTINIAN CHILDREN look through garbage near a landfill site in Khan Yunis, in the Gaza Strip, last month. The fire Yahya Sinwar started with the October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians did not just burn his enemies; it consumed Gaza and its people, says the writer.

Regional terror and strategic balance: Israel's vital role in the Middle East - opinion

Strategic analysts believe that Israel has become critically important for maintaining regional peace and stability.

IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023.

Gaza Strip heading towards its biggest geographical, political partition - opinion

Hamas is sending a message to the people that "you are the fuel for our power, and your blood is what we use to push away our fears and secure our hold."

PALESTINIANS TAKE shelter in tents in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

Turkey vs Iran: The endless struggle holding the Middle East hostage - opinion

Turkey views its former territories in the Fertile Crescent as a natural strategic extension of its national security, and Iran’s growing influence on its southern border is an absolute red line.

 Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Tehran, Iran September 3, 2023.

Gaza has risen against its Hamas tormentors - opinion

Hussam al-Astal placed a financial bounty on the heads of Hamas members, beginning at $50 and then lowering it to $25.

Palestinians relax on the beach in Gaza City. October 5, 2025

Trump makes it clear that hostages are America's red line - opinion

A new executive order issued by the President of the United States will allow for strict penalties to be imposed against states that engage in hostage-taking.

ISRAELI-RUSSIAN researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, arrives in an ambulance at Sheba Medical Center after her release by the terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah, earlier this month.

Hunting terror: Israel keeps score but shows no mercy - opinion

Today, Israel shows that targeting terrorist leaders is no longer limited to Gaza or nearby areas. It has become a policy that crosses borders.

A MASKED person said to be Abu Obeida delivers a speech earlier this year. He was not just a Hamas spokesman, but a complete terrorist who took part in the violence, the writer maintains.

Paradise brokers: Hamas fights for power built on a mountain of corpses - opinion

The people of the region deserve life, while Hamas and its leaders deserve nothing more than to be left alone to embrace the death they so adore.

SENIOR HAMAS official Izzat el-Reshiq sits at his desk in Doha earlier this year. The same Hamas leaders who glorify death do not offer their own children and families to the same slaughter, the writer charges.

The Middle East's defeat as a governing project - opinion

Defeat can be transformed into a heroic event through the complete control of information and by preventing any independent voice from telling the truth.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during an interview in Tehran last week. Speech becomes a tool to establish an alternative narrative that contradicts reality, says the writer.