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Voices from the Arab press: The Middle East in 30 years

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MARCH 8, 2026|ByTHE MEDIA LINE

Region Reshaping in real time: The Middle East, as seen from space.

A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

From Quds Day to global influence: How Iran outsmarted the Sunni Arab world - opinion

Nearly half a century after the Islamic Revolution, the architecture of Quds Day still shapes Middle Eastern politics.

MARCH 4, 2026|BySALAH UDDIN SHOAIB CHOUDHURY

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee speaks during the FOZ Ambassadors Summit in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025.

Huckabee tells Carlson Israel ruling entire Middle East 'would be fine,' drawing Arab backlash

The controversy began when Carlson and Huckabee discussed a biblical verse that indicated land that including parts of Egypt, Syria and Iraq belonged to Israel.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Businessman Nabil Al-Mazloum during signing of strategic agreements between Syria and Saudi Arabia in Damascus, Feb. 7, 2026.

Why is Saudi Arabia investing billions in Syria’s economy? - analysis

Syrian officials described the move as the largest influx of investment since the US sanctions were lifted.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026|ByRIZIK ALABI / THE MEDIA LINE

A new Middle East is still far off – opinion

Israel will have to live by its sword for many long years ahead.

OCTOBER 14, 2024ByEFRAIM INBAR

Saddam Hussein is filmed in footage released after his capture in 2003. Even the decisive American victory over the Iraqi leader did little to alter the domestic or international politics of the Middle East, the writer notes.

From a think tank to a ‘do tank’: The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs changed name and mission

JCFA initiated proactive 'do' tank, forging alliances with Arab nations and countering disinformation to reshape regional views on Israel's role in security and prosperity.

OCTOBER 10, 2024ByALAN ROSENBAUM

Dr. Dan Diker, President of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA)

Harris targets Arab voters with new ad highlighting Gaza 'suffering' - report

The ad begins with Harris's declaration that "she will not be silent about the scale of human suffering in Gaza, including the death of far too many innocent civilians."

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris gestures as she addresses the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 47th Annual Leadership Conference in Washington U.S., September 18, 2024.

The international community has forgotten Sudan

Behind the Lines - The international community seems largely indifferent to the 15-month war in Sudan that has seen thousands of casualties and millions of displaced people

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024ByJONATHAN SPYER

NOT GAZA – a view of damage to a street in Omdurman, Sudan as a result of the civil war, in April.

The West needs to choose appeasement or the defeat of evil in the Middle East - opinion

Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis care not about the cause of the Palestinian people. They are directed by their rogue state, which sponsors their mission to undermine any prospects of peace.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024ByIVAN LEWIS

THE WRITER, then-MP for Bury South and serving as a member of the shadow cabinet, meets with President Isaac Herzog, when he was opposition leader and chairman of the Labor Party, at the House of Commons in 2015.

Egyptian court extended detention of two Israelis in Taba hotel brawl

Two cousins from Nazareth were given extended detention in Egypt after a hotel brawl in Taba, as injuries mount and families plead for help from the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF