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.…
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Arab states normalizing ties with Israel are making noisy threats about their sustainability. But informed by years of disillusionment, Palestinians are rightly skeptical about their…
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…
For more than half a century, a powerful convergence of interests has united Israel and Oman, the third Arab country after Lebanon and Jordan to…
I am a lifelong supporter of Palestinian rights. I am also a realist. Reducing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians will end 70 years of misery…
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…
Middle East states have leverage on Jared Kushner, Trump’s most incompetent, greedy princeling and key ‘architect’ of his Mideast strategy. How badly compromised is he?…