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James M. Dorsey

Apr 26, 2025, 4:00 PM

Crunch time may be approaching for Netanyahu

The coming days will tell whether it’s crunch time for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The litmus test will be whether US President Donald J. Trump forces Mr. Netanyahu to lift his almost two-months-long blocking of the flow of humanitarian...

James M. Dorsey

Apr 21, 2025, 4:46 PM

Hamas and Netanyahu bet on each other’s unpopularity

This week’s Gazan anti-Hamas protests demanding an end to the war could prove to be a double-edged sword. There is no doubt that Gazans want to see an end to the further devastation of their already war-ravaged Strip, the killing...

Apr 16, 2025, 12:18 PM

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Did You Know? There were once thriving Jewish communities all across the Middle East and North Africa! Did you know— for centuries, Jewish families danced beneath the same stars in cities like Baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, and Sana’a? They spoke Arabic with...

James M. Dorsey

Apr 12, 2025, 1:12 PM

Whither Trump’s Gaza resettlement plan?

As he embarked on a Middle East tour, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto this week offered to accept an estimated 1,000 wounded Gazan Palestinians and “traumatized, orphaned children.” Mr. Prabowo, the leader of the Muslim world’s most populous country and democracy,...

James M. Dorsey

Apr 8, 2025, 11:44 AM

Israel’s Gaza strategy is doomed to fail

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s multi-pronged strategy to crush the Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation by destroying Hamas is doomed to failure with or without the potential expulsion or departure of Gazans. Eighteen months into the Gaza war, Israel has...

Michael Zoosman

Apr 5, 2025, 3:26 PM

Remembering Rabbi Zvi Kogan, z’l – Without More Killing

In the wake of the United Arab Emirates’ recent death sentence for three of the Uzbek nationals convicted in the murder of Israeli-Moldovan Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Z’L (zichrono livracha - of blessed memory), we - the 3800+ members of...

James M. Dorsey

Mar 30, 2025, 4:49 PM

Gaza’s anti-Hamas protests mean different things to different players

The United Arab Emirates is betting that recent anti-Hamas protests in Gazan towns, supported by influential tribes and clans, will strengthen Abu Dhabi-based Mohammed Dahlan’s chances of playing a prominent role in the territory’s post-war administration. Protesters suggested they focussed...

James M. Dorsey

Mar 27, 2025, 10:11 PM

Whither the Israel-Hamas ceasefire?

Israelis and Palestinians have moved in diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive cycles for much of the past six decades. A significant segment of Israeli society favored until the late 1970s, a compromise solution to the conflict with the Palestinians even...

Michael Arizanti

Mar 23, 2025, 7:40 AM

UAE: The Rising Power Broker Between Washington, Tehran, Moscow, and Kyiv

President of Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky (L) talks with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Source X

The United Arab Emirates has pulled off a remarkable transformation. Once just another oil-rich Gulf state, it now sits at diplomatic tables where global crises are negotiated, bridging gaps between sworn enemies that even superpowers can't reconcile. Abu Dhabi...

Mar 14, 2025, 8:07 PM

Middle East at a Crossroads: Adapting to US Disengagement

While many Israelis are understandably content with the Trump administration’s policies, they often fail to consider the broader picture of long-term US strategic thinking in the Middle East. Despite the excitement over Trump’s current rhetoric and close Israel-US relations,...

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