Kuwait

Where are the American bases in the Middle East Iran threatened it might strike? - explainer

Trump warned Iran that if it retaliated against the US, the US would respond at levels “never seen before.”

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Qatar Emiri Air Force personnel load aid onto a military cargo plane headed to Syria, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, December 30, 2024.
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and prime minister Menachem Begin acknowledge applause during a joint session of Congress in which US president Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 18, 1978.

Voices from the Arab Press: Israel, Donald Trump, and Anwar Sadat

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

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
AMER GHALIB speaks at a rally for then-presidential nominee Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the eve of US Election Day last November. Diplomatic appointments must transcend campaign considerations, the writer asserts.

The troubling case of Amer Ghalib: Trump's Kuwait pick raises red flags - opinion

If dozens of Muslim states are acceptable, if Christian state churches are traditional, then why is one Jewish state too many for Mr. Ghalib to acknowledge?

|BySTEVEN BURG
Hamtramck, Michigan, mayor Amer Ghalib at his Senate confirmation hearing to become President Trump's ambassador to Kuwait, October 23, 2025

Trump nominee for Kuwait ambassador grilled at confirmation hearing, loses support on Israel views

Amer Ghalib faces tough questioning from Republicans over past anti-Israel stances at his confirmation hearing for Kuwait ambassadorship, putting his nomination at risk.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Voices from the Arab press: Kuwait on International Women's Day

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

MARCH 16, 2022ByMEDIA LINE
WOMEN ENTER the Kuwait Boursa trading hall in Kuwait City.

Voices from the Arab press: The Women – Not the ‘Harem’ – of Kuwait

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

MARCH 3, 2022ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Kuwait women

Lebanon's Hezbollah chief describes Kuwaiti proposals to Lebanon as 'dictates'

Nasrallah added that he nonetheless supported Lebanese-Gulf dialogue.

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByREUTERS
A man rides a motorbike past a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, near Sidon.

Gal Gadot’s newest movie banned in Kuwait

The Gulf nation also banned the 2017 film that brought Gadot international acclaim: "Wonder Woman."

FEBRUARY 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gal Gadot at the Met Gala, May 6, 2019

Kuwaiti paper pushes normalization with Israel, criticizes Palestinians

A Kuwaiti editorial called for Gulf states to cut support for Palestinians, saying "let them rebuild what they destroy by their own acts."

JANUARY 30, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
A woman waves two Kuwaiti flags during a military demonstration held at the Marina Mall in Kuwait City, Feb. 28, 2011

Kuwaiti poet: ‘Embrace Jews without having a political agenda’

US embassy Hanukkah message sparks antisemitic responses from Kuwaitis.

JANUARY 28, 2022ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
FILE PHOTO: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah is seen during the Arab summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia May 31, 2019

Voices from the Arab press: The path toward a unified Gulf currency

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

DECEMBER 30, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Displaying data at the Doha Stock Exchange in Qatar, January 2021

Voices from the Arab Press: Designating Hamas a terror org. isn’t enough

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

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Shopping at the Mall of Egypt in Giza, 2020

Kuwait bans entry of ships carrying goods to and from Israel

A Kuwaiti decree banned the entry of vessels carrying goods to or from Israel into Kuwait territorial waters.

DECEMBER 5, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
Freight trucks and vehicles drive on the only entrance to Kuwait's Shuwaikh Port from the Ghazalli Bridge in Shuwaikh February 11, 2013

Voices from the Arab press: Sit home and get paid

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

NOVEMBER 18, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud deliver remarks to reporters before meeting at the State Department in Washington, US, October 14, 2021.