Arab world

How Qatar's former emir Sheikh Hamad reshaped Qatar - and the modern Middle East - analysis

In many ways, the era that the former emir presided over was a very different Middle East. Against the grain of the time, he was able to position Qatar as a key state in the region.

 Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al- Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani reviews the Bulgarian honour guard during his welcoiming ceremony in Sofia on April 14, 2009.
Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords,  in Washington, US, September 15, 2020.

Israel is once again returning to the status of a 'mistress' in the Middle East - opinion

ISRAELI RIGHT-WING activists demonstrate next to Arab Israeli and left-wing activist students during a rally marking the anniversary of the Nakba at Tel Aviv University, in May 2026.

Why pro-Israel educators should teach the Nakba - opinion

Israeli soldiers driving a tank pass a line of waving civilians on the side of a road while advancing into Syria during the Six Day War, June 1967.

Six Day War: When Israel moved from survival to revival - opinion


What have Arab leaders, Joe Biden's team really said about Israel-Hamas war? - analysis

Bob Woodward's book 'War' features more revelations based on quotes from a number of high-level interactions between US and Israel.

 Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward eulogizes former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee during Bradlee's funeral service at the Washington Cathedral October 29, 2014.

‘He’s still alive' vs. 'died courageously': The battle for Sinwar's death narrative begins

Arab reactions on social media ranged from praise to disbelief to celebration

 POSTERS DEPICTING Yahya Sinwar (right) and Hassan Nasrallah hang from a building near Begin Boulevard in Jerusalem as part of an ‘Ahdut Achshav’ campaign for unity among Israelis, earlier this year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has played directly into Sinwar’s hands, posits the writer.

Why do citizens in authoritarian Arab countries hate Israeli Jews? - opinion

I will answer through my personal experience when I was in Egypt. This is the same experience of millions of others - yes, millions.

 PHILADELPHI CORRIDOR view, between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, seen July 15.

A new Middle East is still far off – opinion

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

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.

 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."

 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

 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.

 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.

 Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.

Media in Israel stands in stark contrast to media in the Arab world - opinion

In the Middle East, press freedom is rare—except in Israel. Explore the irony behind media censorship.

 A VIDEO released last month by Yemen’s Houthis shows what they say is smoke rising from a fire aboard a Greek-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea. Says the writer: No one in the Saudi media would question why Riyadh isn’t cooperating in confronting Houthi attacks. (Houthi Military Media/Reuters)