Commentary / World Nov 19, 2020
What Biden owes the Palestinians
by Daoud Kuttab
Under President-elect Joe Biden, the Palestinian leadership is looking forward to getting back to the negotiating table.
Commentary / World Sep 27, 2020
Selling advanced fighter jets to the UAE is all about Israel
by James Stavridis
The problem with providing the F-35 to Arab states is it might erode Israel’s QME, a U.S. assurance that it will not sell its most advanced arms to Israel’s opponents.
Commentary / World Sep 23, 2020
It’s time for Palestinians to make their own peace plan
by Hussein Ibish
The main strength of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative for the Palestinians was that it could be presented as an Arab consensus. That is now broken, giving them no leverage.
Commentary / World Sep 16, 2020
The Arab betrayal of Palestine
by Daoud Kuttab
UAE leaders argue that engagement with Israel will improve the chances of achieving an acceptable peace settlement and ending the occupation in Palestinian claimed lands.
World / Politics Sep 16, 2020
In break with past, UAE and Bahrain sign U.S.-brokered deals with Israel
The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize ties with Israel, becoming the first Arab states in a quarter century to break a longstanding taboo, in a strategic realignment of Middle East countries against Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump hosted the ...
World / Social Issues Jul 30, 2020
A second wave of coronavirus infections sweeping the Israeli-occupied West Bank is fueling fears of a surge in overcrowded Palestinian refugee camps where social distancing is next to impossible. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, the Palestinian Authority quickly imposed a lockdown ...
Commentary / World Jun 9, 2020
Trump’s Mideast plan is poised to fall apart
by Zev Chafets
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to take the parts of the plan he likes and leave the rest.
World / Politics May 18, 2020
Israel swears in unity government as Netanyahu insists on West Bank annexation
After more than 500 days without a stable government and three inconclusive elections, lawmakers have approved a three-year coalition.
World / Politics Mar 1, 2020
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu pledges 'immediate' annexation steps if re-elected
A day ahead of Israel's third election in a year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Sunday that if re-elected he would annex swathes of the occupied West Bank within weeks. In an interview with Israeli public radio, Netanyahu said annexation of the Jordan Valley and ...
Commentary / Japan Feb 17, 2020
The first offer is the best offer in negotiations
by Kuni Miyake
Japanese policymakers nee to pay continuous attention to the changing situation in the Middle East.
World / Social Issues Feb 10, 2020
Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of the Moroccan capital Sunday to protest against a new U.S. Middle East peace plan which the Palestinians say favors Israel. Carrying Palestinian flags, the demonstrators, including local politicians and trade unionists, marched in Rabat chanting "Long Live Palestine. They ...
World / Social Issues Feb 6, 2020
Trump plan for Mideast will die before he does, says Iran leader
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, predicted Wednesday that Donald Trump would outlive the U.S. president's controversial proposals for Israeli-Palestinian peace. "This plan will certainly not work and it will die before Trump," Khamenei told a gathering in Tehran to mark the February 1979 Islamic ...