Back in 2017, Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman calculated that tiny, blockaded Qatar would fold immediately. Riyadh was wrong, but did Doha win? Now celebrating…
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One size doesn’t fit all. Triumphal bombast may suit normalization with the UAE, but it won’t work with Saudi Arabia, Djibouti or Iraq. With Sudan,…
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is an extreme and televised version of the kind of oppression of minds and bodies far too many Middle Eastern…
From politicians to cricketers to Islamists, Pakistan is celebrating the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. But, as Beijing flexes its muscles, its attempts to start a…
The Saudi crown prince believes the path to Washington’s good graces starts in Jerusalem. But he and Israel are ignoring an important issue Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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…
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…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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
Source: https://www.haaretz.com