Arab world

Morocco opens first state-funded museum dedicated to Jewish culture in Arab world

Local media said the exhibition galleries explore communal institutions, including synagogues, Hebrew schools, and rabbinical courts.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
A Morocco's fan waves a flag ahead of the 2026 World Cup round of 32 football match between the Netherlands and Morocco at the Monterrey Stadium in Guadalupe on June 29, 2026; illustrative
Reproduction of an Israeli stamp being issued to honour the Mossad intelligence agency spy Eli Cohen who was hanged in Damascus

Israeli spy Eli Cohen may have been buried near Damascus barracks, Syrian official claims

“We said the Israelis would not let the matter go and would try to obtain his remains, so each of us began suggesting a place where he could be buried,” Jawish told Al Majalla.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
FROM LEFT: Yaakov Zada Daniel, Lior Raz, Avi Issacharoff, Netta Garti, and Gal Malka attend Netflix’s ‘Fauda’ Season 5 Screening & Conversation in New York City last week.

‘Fauda’ is Lebanon’s top show on Netflix as it thrives across Arab world

The latest season of the Israeli series 'Fauda' has become a hit around the world and even hit number one on Netflix in Lebanon.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcomes Lebanese President Aoun at the presidential palace in Ankara, July 30.

Voices from the Arab press: A new pathway for Lebanon

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

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE

Syrian leader to visit Jordan on Wednesday, say Jordanian sources

The visit is the new interim leader's third foreign trip along with Saudi Arabia and Turkey since he came to power after leading a decisive rebel offensive which ousted Iran-backed Bashar al Assad.

FEBRUARY 24, 2025ByREUTERS
Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa attends a meeting with former rebel faction chiefs, in Damascus, Syria, December 24, 2024

Gaza plan requires Hamas removal, no forced relocation, Saudi officials say - report

A senior Egyptian official added: “The US administration has conveyed to Arab states that it is open to alternative plans regarding Gaza, beyond Trump’s initiative.”

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades seen in Khan Yunis, Gaza, February 20, 2025

Riyadh is the Arab world's new real leader - opinion

Egypt's demographic and economic challenges have weakened its position, creating a vacuum that has been filled by an increasingly assertive Saudi crown prince.

JANUARY 31, 2025ByELIE PODEH, ONN WINCKLER
FOREIGN MINISTERS and other delegates participating in a meeting on the future of Syria pose for a group photo, in Riyadh, earlier this month. Saudi Arabia has assumed a prominent role under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, say the writers.

Arab leaders talk big on Palestine—but where’s the real support? - editorial

The Jerusalem Post does not endorse removing the Palestinians from Gaza or forcibly transferring them. However, the question remains of what Israel’s Arab neighbors can do more to help.

JANUARY 30, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL
EGYPT’S PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah at a summit on the Gaza war, last month in Cairo: Given the repercussions for key actors including Egypt and Jordan, the potential of an international peace conference after the war should be explored, the writer maintains.

Only one nation can help Syria recover: The Arabs - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The civil war’s victors wasted all six years in which they could have rebuilt the land they had destroyed.

DECEMBER 6, 2024ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
RESIDENTS OF Aleppo, Syria, line up to receive bread on Tuesday.

Antisemitism surged in Arab-Muslim world following outbreak of Israel-Hamas War - study

The study, by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, explores the impact of the war on antisemitism in different Muslim and Arab nations.

NOVEMBER 14, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
PROTESTS IN support of Palestinians in Gaza near Israel’s embassy in Amman, Jordan, earlier this week. Rejectionism’s persistence convinces some of its truth, explains the writer, adding that ‘White-hot fury and willingness to suffer imply a morally justified cause.’

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.

NOVEMBER 4, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
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

OCTOBER 17, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
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.

OCTOBER 16, 2024ByMOHAMED SAAD KHIRALLA
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.

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.