Saudi leaders like Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have focused on the benefits of normalization with Israel. But the recent violence highlighted the downside, which…
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As advisors to Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan resort to antisemitic slurs to delegitimize more evidence of contacts with Israel, a strange, contradictory geopolitical quadrangle will…
Don’t believe the noisy calls of solidarity with Gaza. If, and when, an independent Palestine is born, it will be despite the role played by…
As Biden strides towards a nuclear deal, an anxious, diminished and increasingly isolated Saudi kingdom faces a grim outlook – and negotiation with the Iranian…
Rumors about destabilizing conspiracies, Saudi-backed sedition and family feuds still swirl around Prince Hamzah’s house arrest and his reconciliation with King Abdullah II, intensified by…
Sexual harassment and assault are pandemics stalking the Middle East: Fear, and the impunity granted to perpetrators, have long silenced women. But boosted by #MeToo,…
‘The wound is very deep’: Gulf leaders put on a good show of newfound brotherly love at the GCC summit, but their formal end of…
China can’t substitute for American support for Israel. But with Beijing fortifying its position in the Middle East, Israel must engage – or risk its…
Constant abuse forced me out of Saudi Arabia. For other women, it means being thrown into jail. Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘women’s rights’ campaign, and talk…
Constant abuse forced me out of Saudi Arabia. For other women, it means being thrown into jail. Mohammed bin Salman’s ‘women’s rights’ campaign, and talk…
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The end of oil, the Abraham Accords and Turkey are forcing Gulf states to renegotiate the role of religion in their societies. Talking up openness…
While one Saudi prince is slamming the Israelis, another is pummelling the Palestinians: The royals of Riyadh are now fighting a very public war over…
Ties with Qatar would not necessarily be at the expense of Israeli relations with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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Mohammed bin Salman wants Muslim Pakistan to ‘normalize normalization,’ the army wants open relations with Israel, the grassroots are shouting betrayal and Imran Khan could…
Palestinian Authority leaders are hopeful, almost excessively, that Biden will reverse Trump’s catastrophic damage. But both Hamas and Saudi Arabia now have a lot to…
UAE counter-terror chief: The West sees freedom of speech as sacred. For Muslims, respect for the Prophet is sacred, too. There needs to be dialogue,…
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As normalization sweeps the Gulf, Israeli anti-occupation activists face a new fight for relevance, influence and partnerships in an unfamiliar, often dissonant environment. It won’t…