The UAE’s unprecedented shipment of coronavirus-related medical supplies to longstanding rival Tehran may indicate a more substantial shift in Middle East politics Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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The coronavirus crisis and oil price warfare have given Saudi Arabia and UAE critical leverage on a struggling Oman. It could be the end of…
That Israel’s prime minister tasked Mossad head Yossi Cohen with a frantic quest to source coronavirus kit in the Gulf is the most serious indictment…
Netanyahu wants Sudan to join the ‘friends of Israel’ club of Sunni Arab states. The Mossad, with Saudi help, has tried that before Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The Arab world, led by the predecessors of today’s Saudi Arabia, willingly relinquished sovereignty over Palestine to a superpower a century ago. Nothing has changed …
Pakistan constantly touts its neutrality in the Iran – Saudi Arabia proxy wars. The reality, especially after the drone strike on Soleimani, is quite different …
It seems Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is aiming to emulate China’s mix of economic dynamism and political repression. It won’t work Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The Trump administration called him the ‘perfect candidate.’ How will Rafael Grossi, incoming IAEA chief, manage U.S. and Israeli pressure on Iran – and brewing…
The Trump administration called him the ‘perfect candidate.’ How will Rafael Grossi, incoming IAEA chief, manage U.S. and Israeli pressure on Iran – and brewing…
Probably not, but Saudi investors are being given a compelling case to pony up for the oil giant’s stock at whatever price the crown prince…
The Saudi crown prince is gonna make you a share offering you can’t refuse — and that’s the start of the problem Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The Saudi crown prince is gonna make you a share offering you can’t refuse — and that’s the start of the problem Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The latest attack did lower supply, which was too high to begin with. But things will have to get much worse before there’s a real…
Arab regimes once wielded their collective strategic leverage as gatekeepers to Israel’s Mideast integration. Now they’re defeatists, offering Netanyahu normalization for free – but there’s…
Prime Minister Imran Khan and his military backers are giving unprecedented freedom to a highly-censored media to talk about establishing relations with Israel. 14 years…
Fueled by Trump’s peace plan, rumors are running rife that Saudi Arabia is muscling in on Jordan’s control of Islam’s third holiest shrine. The repercussions…
When Saudi Arabia’s most fanatical pro-Israel influencer was kicked out of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque this week, it was a propaganda gift for the kingdom’s anti-Palestinian…
Tehran is targeting the hearts and minds of Indian-controlled Kashmir’s 1.4 million Shia Muslims. Once limited to India and Pakistan, the Kashmir conflict is now…
Nathan/Mohammed probably knows more about Islam than any other Jew alive. He’s a champion proselytizer who’s still engaged with his Jewish background, but says: ‘I…
Recent attacks on shipping, blamed on Iran, expose the fragility of Gulf states’ security and economies. But their in-fighting could derail U.S. strategy on Iran…