Israel and the middle east

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.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a fire cause by Hezbollah rockets.

Netanyahu firm on new phase of Hezbollah war as UN warns of catastrophe

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian (right) meets with Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem, in Tehran, last week. In the Mideast, a reluctance to use force is seen by most people as a weakness, the writer maintains.

Escalation vs. restraint: The strategic dilemma in Gaza and Hezbollah’s attrition war - opinion

 A woman rides a bike near posters of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 12, 2024.

Katz: military and diplomatic pressure needed for Gaza hostage deal


Arabs see Gaza war stoppage as Hamas victory despite destruction

Key Hamas backer, Qatar, uses popular Al Jazeera channel to support Hamas’s narrative since beginning of Operation Protective Edge, as website continually leads with images of Palestinian victims, alleged Israeli atrocities.

AN AL JAZEERA screenshot August 7th, highlighting its coverage of the conflict in Gaza between Hamas and Israel

Here and There: Mind the gap – Part 2

If life in Israel is so good, why is it so bad?

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Arabic in schools will facilitate economic cooperation

We cannot continue ignoring the fact that we live in the Middle East.

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Amidror: US is Israel's 'irreplaceable' ally, but Israel may have to stand alone again

National Security Council head lays out the main strategic threats facing Israel in Herzliya Conference speech.

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Shapiro: Failed peace talks were not a 'waste of time'

US envoy to Israel says nine months of negotiations broke new ground, narrowed gaps on key issues and will be helpful when talks resume.

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro.

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What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East

Inside the world of post-traumatic stress disorder

A terrifying event can overwhelm an individual’s normal coping devices; healing takes turning negative ideas into positive thoughts.

Inside the world of post-traumatic stress disorder

The right questions for a global poll on anti-Semitism

Any student of the media of the Middle East knows just how it is often hateful and violently anti-Semitic.

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What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

Sheikha Naima Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (left), president of the Kuwait Women’s Sports Federation, and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (second left), president of Qatar’s Football Association, attend the opening ceremony of the Soccerex Asian Forum conference at the King Hussein Convention Center

Jerusalem fears trouble in Iran nuclear negotiations, Dermer says

Ambassador to Washington, Senator Menendez express their concern to FDD forum over the direction of talks in Vienna.

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