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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.

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 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

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

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


Advocating for Middle East peace by educating on the Holocaust - opinion

Today, I am traveling comfortably on a train, not to my death surrounded by other desperate Jews, but working toward peace and prosperity, surrounded by Muslim and Arab allies who share this dream.

 MEMBERS OF the Sharaka delegation stand near the entrance to Birkenau at the annual March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance Day, last week.

Egyptian president: Israel deviously shirking ceasefire efforts

Egypt has condemned Israel's seizure of the crossing and closed the passageway to goods on its side.

 (L-R) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

A century of Arab rejectionism is reason for no two-states - opinion

A century of conflict would seem to prove that there is no two-state solution and that it would be a dangerous option to pursue.

 A WOMAN walks near the State of Palestine Pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, last December. In multiple ways, the Arab side has rejected the two-state solution or undermined its application, the writer argues.

Egypt, Qatar reject Israeli proposal to control civil administration in post-war Gaza

As the war in Gaza rages on, international parties struggle to come up with solutions for post-war administration for rebuilding the Strip and assisting the civilian population.

 Displaced Palestinians, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, shelter at a tent camp, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip May 11, 2024.

Could a ‘Free Palestine’ truly be free? - opinion

Philosophically, politically, socially, morally - an Arab Palestine would not be free. Just look at its policies, says the writer.

 A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT that reads ‘Free Palestine’ is placed on the ground at USC, in Los Angeles during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, last month. Can a free Palestine ever be truly free? The answer should be obvious, the writer asserts.

Delegation from the Arab world visits Israel in tolerance trip

As part of the program, participants will also visit Poland where they will tour the Auschwitz concentration camp and participate in the March of the Living.

 A delegation of Arab influencers from Sharaka gather at March of the Living in Poland in April.

Anti-Israel activists take to social media to praise Iranian attack

Former UN weapons inspector and convicted sex offender Scott Ritter said that Israel "deserves everything it has coming to it," because it had failed to live in peace with its neighbors."

New York Stock Exchange surrounded by pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests

Toronto protesters cheer as Iran fires drones at Israel

The Eid March was a demonstrations organized by several pro-Palestinian organizations from across Canada, including Ottawa 4 Palestine and Montreal for Palestine.

 olice officers stand guard as supporters of a ceasefire in Gaza gather to protest near the venue of a Liberal Party fundraising rally featuring Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,

Time to cut off the head of the octopus: Iran - opinion

If we give up and appease Iran and Qatar, like Chamberlain tried to appease Nazi Germany, we could be dragged into another world war.

 THE WRITER addresses an event of the Middle East Forum in Congress March 2024.

The precision strike in Syria was an important proof of Israel's strength - editorial

For other Arab countries who also oppose Iran, October 7 was a signal that Israel, Iran’s most steadfast regional opponent, was not able to effectively withstand and repel attacks by Iran’s proxies.

 Smoke rises after what the Iranian media said was an Israeli strike on a buidling close to the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria April 1, 2024.