Netanyahu’s Bold Move
The Israeli right is wrong to see the prime minister’s deal with the UAE as a capitulation to foreign pressure. He is creating optimal conditions for the Jewish state’s road ahead.
With the UAE Deal, Israel Gives Up a Huge Headache for a Huge Victory
Let’s face it: The idea of annexation—legal or not, approved by the United States or not—was problematic from the start.
Iceberg to be Transplanted to Middle East Desert: A Fulfillment of Isaiah’s Prophecy?
Arab Businessman Plans to Bring Iceberg to Make Desert Bloom
Generals Vs. Islamists in Libya
Events in Libya indicate that the politics of the Arab world remains set in the contest between generals and Islamists.
Saudi Acceptance of the “Other” – a Change?
Islam could have created an alternative to tribal culture, but instead, added another barrier to relations with the rest of the world. Has insular Saudi Arabia opened up to the Vatican – and Israel?
A Cautious Alliance
Relations between Qatar and Iran have drawn closer in recent years, and there is reason to expect that the current closeness is set to deepen still further in the period ahead.
Are We Seeing The Repentance of Ishmael?
The year 2018 saw a number of Arab governments speaking openly about normalizing relations with Israel. On a political level, the fresh interest in Israel by Arab countries seems to be fueled by a desire to team up against a potentially nuclear Shiite Iran. Iran is home to 70 million Shiite Muslims.
The Turks are Coming – to Syria
Arab hatred of Turkey is so extreme that the last thing the Arab states wish to see is the return of the Ottoman Empire whose police tortured and killed them without mercy. This can and should lead to strange alliances.
A New Phase in Israel-Gulf Relations
Recent visits by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister Israel Katz to Oman could herald a regional upheavel.
Guardian of the Gulf
For the Gulf States and the Saudis, a common threat means that Israel is becoming part of the solution instead of playing its old role as the core of the problem.
