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Dec 21, 2024, 12:44 AM

Israeli AutoTech and Expanding the Abraham Accords

Driving Towards Normalization: How the Israeli AutoTech Sector Can Fast Track a Deal with Saudi Arabia Eight years ago, President-Elect Donald Trump tasked a 39-year-old investment banker with no prior diplomatic experience to undertake what many in the media and...

Dec 10, 2024, 11:24 AM

‘Next Year in Jeddah!’ A New Vision for Middle East Peace

US President Donald Trump (L) is welcomed by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C) upon arrival at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on May 20, 2017, followed by First Lady Melania Trump (R). (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Can Matzah and Mecca Unite the Middle East? Before you merrily click your way to the next article or check the latest scores, let me preface this offering with the outlandish yet incredibly true statement that I have a plan...

Dec 9, 2024, 7:36 AM

The mirage winds of change

Is it just me, or does it feel like we’re constantly being told what to care about and who to support, based on the agendas of those in power or those seeking leverage in a larger game? This manipulation...

Dec 4, 2024, 4:07 AM

Why did Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman change his rhetoric about Israel?

(AFP Contributor)

Normalization may be the long-term plan, but he's being cautious, given anger about Gaza, the US political shifts, and his need for domestic stability

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Dec 3, 2024, 12:59 PM

Gulf countries talk like Iran, act like Israel

A handout photo released by the press office of the Emir of Kuwait Diwan shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud attending the 45th Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Kuwait City of December 1, 2024. (Emir of Kuwait Diwan / AFP)

The GCC rhetoric on Israel masks its true aims to decouple Syria's Assad and the Islamic Republic and declaw Hezbollah in Lebanon

Nov 29, 2024, 10:55 PM

Are Islamists in Morocco Really Against Normalization with Israel?

In recent years, Morocco has been at the center of discussions surrounding the normalization of relations between Arab countries and Israel. The historic shift in Morocco’s stance toward Israel came in December 2020 when the country officially normalized diplomatic...

Andy Blumenthal

Nov 11, 2024, 3:39 AM

Trump’s Three Steps to Middle East Peace

Eliminating Iran's nuclear weapons is the first step in achieving Middle East peace, and President Trump can do it: no more relying on Iran's empty promises or baseless hope as to their intentions. Similar to Trump's decisive action in...

Oct 25, 2024, 8:27 PM

The Day After: Crafting a New Israeli Reality in the Post-War Era

The idea of “the day after” has become a common refrain, especially in the days when the prospect of enduring peace feels both tantalizingly close and frustratingly elusive. Israel, scarred and transformed by a brutal period of conflict, will...

Jakob Timmermann

Oct 25, 2024, 6:33 PM

Kuwait Paradox: Why The Gulf’s Most Liberal Autocracy Rejects Ties With Israel

Skyline of Kuwait City, the emirate’s capital and largest city (Photo: Optical Chemist)

In the wake of the Abraham Accords and the growing trend of normalization between Israel and Arab states, the small emirate of Kuwait stands out as a notable exception that puzzles many observers. Since its liberation in the First...

Richard H. Schwartz

Oct 15, 2024, 12:11 AM

The Best Possibility for a Positive Israeli Future

I am highly concerned about Israel’s future, so I am presenting a proposal that involves painful admissions and concessions but provides, I believe, the best hope for a positive future for Israel, Jews worldwide, and, indeed, the world. Israel should...

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