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…
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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
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,…
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
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…
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.…