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…
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As normalization sweeps the Gulf, Israeli anti-occupation activists advocating for Palestinian rights face a new fight for relevance and influence in an unfamiliar, often dissonant…
From trolls to TV, Riyadh is rewriting history to undermine the entire Palestinian struggle, softening up the Arab world for its pending normalization with Israel …
A surge of pilgrims from the UAE and Bahrain is expected to visit Jerusalem’s Muslim sites, following normalization with Israel. How will the Palestinians, Jordan…
Bahrain’s ‘resistance’: Despite the kingdom’s decade-long decimation of dissent, there’s clear opposition to normalization with Israel. Deeply-felt solidarity with the Palestinians is only part of…
Saudi Arabia should revisit its surprise 2002 initiative by pushing the four Arab states who have normalized relations with Israel to lobby for a proper…
The fears are understandable, but misplaced. Normalization with Gulf states hurts Iran, and strengthens Israel’s defense far more than any plane Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Riyadh is systematically building a nuclear infrastructure that it could easily flip from civilian to military purposes. A Saudi Arabia whose strategic interests align with…
How Saudi Arabia and the UAE, among other Arab Gulf states, have sold out a million ‘brother Muslims’ in detention camps for multi-billion dollar investments…
The UAE and Saudi Arabia now have significant leverage over Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians. And Riyadh is Israel’s real prize Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
COVID-19 was a chance for wealthy Gulf states to show the compassion to already-exploited migrant workers they can afford, and the gratitude that they owe.…
For years, a potent Saudi-led Arab camp has been offering Israel security and regional cooperation. Annexation will slam that door shut Source: https://www.haaretz.com
For years, a potent Saudi-led Arab camp has been offering Israel security and regional cooperation. Annexation will slam that door shut Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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
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 …