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Dec 19, 2018, 5:08 PM

Predicting the unpredictable as we enter a new year

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump join King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Sunday, May 21, 2017, to participate in the inaugural opening of the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology. They have their hands on an orb, which some critics mocked them for. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Wikipedia )

Is it possible to predict the future in Israel and the Middle East? The most unpredictable and unstable region in the world. Every year at BICOM we give it a go, pooling our expertise to publish a forecast of...

Dec 11, 2018, 11:57 PM

No Kosher Coffee-House in Mecca

Before Israeli tourists rush like the madding crowd to follow the footsteps of Prime Minister Netanyahu and other members of his government to obtain a visa to one or more of the Gulf states, please face reality. Qatar, Oman, Bahrain,...

Daniel Bucksbaum

Nov 12, 2018, 9:16 PM

Where is Mr. Security?

Photo: Haaretz

Prime Minister Netanyahu was elected and has remained in power for so many years because of his perceived hawkish and uncompromising views on Israel's national security. He has maintained peace and security for Israel’s citizens near the Syrian and...

Irina Tsukerman

Nov 6, 2018, 9:25 AM

Russia and Qatar’s Information War to Undermine US-Saudi Relations

At the 2018 Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) gala, Israel's Ambassodor to the United States, Ron Dermer blasted Turkey and Qatar for trying to ruin US-Saudi relations. Indeed, Turkey's President Erdogan, responsible for abducting 80 people out of 18 countries,...

Oct 31, 2018, 1:41 PM

Israeli Government is at risk of self-combustion

Benjamin Netanyahu in 2016 (via Jewish News)

It’s been a roller-coaster week for Israel and the Jewish world. Leaving aside the horrors of the shooting in Pittsburgh – at a place the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, David Lau, could not bring himself to describe as...

Sep 14, 2018, 11:37 PM

Qatar’s Reforms Fail To Protect Migrant Workers

In the face of intense pressure from the international community, Qatar instituted a series of supposed safeguards over the last year aimed at protecting the state’s substantial migrant worker population from labor and human rights abuses. But do the...

Irina Tsukerman

Sep 6, 2018, 11:16 AM

Qatar Lies and Spies: The Administration Should Take Note

The recent revelations of the fact that Qatar had actually targeted 250 Jewish influencers for recruitment, and has also leaked portions of its documentary about the Jewish lobby online should surprise no one who has been watching Doha's maneuvers...

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