Middle East

Israeli and German defense ministries hold strategic dialogue

Amid the current war and regional developments, Israeli and German defense ministries hold strategic dialogue to strengthen security-strategic cooperation between the countries.

Impacts of the Middle East conflicts on the shipping trade

Shipping has become a hot topic due the effects of conflicts in the Middle East on the shipping industry.

President Trump’s Middle East challenges

Reversible economic sanctions or irreversible regime-change? Opinion.

Middle East expert:

Religion isn't an obstacle, it can promote dialogue

Rabbi Elhanan Miller, Middle East expert and founder of 'People of the Book' speaks about teaching Judaism to the Arab world, representing Israel on-air, and his hope for the future.

‘It’s the Middle East, stupid’

Few people or media are talking about it, as expected, but Kamala Harris lost because Democrats are seen as placing identity politics over policy. Opinion.

Death, time and immortality in the Middle East

For Israel, the underlying existential threat is an adversary who identifies deliberate violence against Jews and the Jewish State as “sacred.”

Middle East shifting sands: Netanyahu's message To Iran

The recent elimination of key terrorists in Iran's "Transnational Terrorist Network," including Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, has significantly altered the strategic landscape. Netanyahu wants to take advantage of that. Op-ed.

'The Palestinian Delusion': Catastrophe in the Middle East

The most important book on the Jihad against Israel in existence. This is the book about which there is no delusion. Review.

At the margins of regional conflict in the Middle East

Assessing the imminent risks of an Iran-Israel nuclear war. Opinion.

Madness, sanity, nuclear war and EMP in the Middle East

For Israel, the only successful outcome of military conflict with Iran would be a tangible reduction of Iranian nuclear war fighting capabilities and intentions. Op-ed.

Western conventional wisdom repudiated by Middle East reality

The biggest error: WCW assumes that “money talks,” ignoring the supremacy of Islamic ideologies over financial inducements. And there is more. Op-ed

Hamas is the Ku Klux Klan of the Middle East

Universities must protect Jews from violent hate speech, the way they protect Blacks. That they do not, shows the sickness of progressive higher education.

Carter and Khomeimi's legacy: 45 years of turmoil

The February 11, 1979 revolt let to subsequent MIddle East turmoil, and engulfed in a storm of delusions, superstitions, disillusionment, and rebellion, Iranian society today teeters on the brink of collapse. Op-ed.

Middle East reality defies US Middle East policies

The State Department has downplayed the Palestinian Arab track record and ideology, egregiously basing its policy on subjective and speculative future scenarios and diplomatic Palestinian Arab statements. Op-ed.

US Foreign Policy is ignorant of the Middle East

It’s time the US foreign policy experts who do not understand the culture take a back seat with their Western misunderstanding of the Middle East, and allow Israel to finally speak Arabic.Op-ed.

Mideast expert to Arutz Sheva:

'Post war Gaza must be ruled by local clans'

Dr. Mordechai Kedar says assassination of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri was necessary, praises suggestion to have local clans rule Gaza.

Israel-Hamas war: a US wake up call!

Islamists consider Israel a US geo-strategic beachhead in the Middle East that must be uprooted as they defeat the Western “infidel.” Op-ed.

Expert opinion:

'Arabs consider the hostage deal as an Israeli surrender'

Dr. Edy Cohen, expert in Middle Eastern affairs: “Arab media considers the hostage deal as a ‘hudna,’ Israel’s surrender’

The disaster of Iran's proxy wars

The Arab countries of the Middle East and Israel are all paying the price of Western negligence in confronting the Iranian threat. Opinion.

Report:

US forces in Middle East attacked 13 times in last week

Uptick in drone and rocket attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria follows Hamas lies about fake Israeli strike on Gaza hospital.

IRGC-backed terrorist s: Threat to Israel and the Middle East

Hamas, PIJ, Hezbollah, Ansarullah, Jaish al-Shaabi, and ISIS all function as extensions of Tehran, promoting its nefarious agenda.Op-ed.

US sending more warships, Marines to the Middle East

The move is intended to increase security following Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships.

Due to Iran's actions:

US to send additional fighter jets and warship to Middle East

The US seeks to monitor key waterways following Iran's seizure and harassment of commercial shipping vessels in recent months.

The American Triumvirate

To glimpse America’s future, one only need look at countries like China, third-world countries in the Middle East, or Venezuela.Op-ed.

Pentagon official outlines new US Middle East strategy

Despite a paradigm shift, Assistant Secretary of Defense Mara Karlin says commitment to the region is unshakable.

Bahrain and Lebanon restore diplomatic ties

The ties were broken a year and a half ago when a former Lebanese minister made comments about Saudi Arabia regarding the situation in Yemen

The spy who changed the face of the Middle East

Eli Cohen was one of the keys to Israel’s victory over Syria in 1967. Op-ed.

ADL calls on Congress to protect Middle East minorities

Anti-Defamation League urges US lawmakers to adopt five-pronged approach to protect religious minorities in the Middle East under threat.

Female terrorists in the Middle East

In Iran, women risk their lives to gain freedoms while in middle east terrorist groups they risk their lives to kill others. Op-ed.

Op-ed:

The State Department's systematic failure in the Middle East

State Department policy has fueled Middle East violence, generating tailwinds to rogue entities and headwinds to the US and its Arab allies.

Op-ed:

Qatar uses gas to export Islam to Europe

The price of gas from the Middle East is high - in the long term. Op-ed.

'Taliban is a threat to the whole world'

Middle East expert says that nothing has changed and that the terror group will target America and its allies across the world.

Middle Eastern states top list of world's angriest countries

Julie Ray of Gallup Global Emotions says economic and political instability is likely to be a leading source of anger and frustration.

President Biden’s middle east vacation

Back in the USA, Biden faces a rebellion even within his own party. It was good for him that he left, bad for him that he came back.Op-ed.

Our priorities for Biden's Middle East visit

It’s not about making a comeback in the region, but about correcting US policy errors, from the signing of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Op-ed

IDF Chief of Staff & his Saudi counterpart met in Egypt

A new report reveals a US-led conference of Middle East military officials met on Egyptian soil in March to discuss Iranian threats.

Biden's Middle East trip may become another of his blunders

Biden's overt, long term love affair with the Palestinian Arabs is sure to bloom once he meets their leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah,Op-ed.

Podcast:

When the Middle East loses confidence in the US

How much will the US be willing to concede to Iran? How likely is it that a deal will ultimately be signed?

US defense initiative: Israel and Iraq to be allies?

US pushing for regional defense agreement among 10 Middle Eastern countries against Iran, including Israel and Iraq,

Will Israel be drawn into a new Middle East war?

Inevitable tensions may drive some to believe that a new Middle Eastern war is about to erupt.

Report:

US mulling regional leaders' meeting during Biden's visit

Israeli officials say White House and Bennett’s office discussed regional leaders' meeting as part of Biden’s visit to the Middle East.

Will Musk's Twitter takeover lead to suppression in Middle East?

Some analysts are concerned Elon Musk's approach of 'absolute free speech' will make it easier for oppressive regimes to corner activists.

Podcast:

When the Middle East loses confidence in the US

How much will the US be willing to concede to Iran? How likely is it that a deal will ultimately be signed?

From Ukraine to UNRWA: Russia foments war in Arab refugee camps

The Russians have been far from honest brokers in the Middle East and they may try to repair their image now by brokering "peace." Op-ed.

Op-Ed:

A dangerous scenario of widespread chaos in the Middle East

An international stance must be taken against the militia axis whose attacks on the UAE alone included four drones just last week. Op-ed.

Book which erased Israel from map dropped by UK publisher

'Amazing Women of the Middle East', which featured map replacing Israel with Palestine, pulled from publisher's website, bookseller.

UK publisher blasted for children’s book that erases Israel

UK publisher has come under criticism for publishing a children’s book about women of the Middle East that denies Israel's existence.

What you need to know

Wars and COVID-19 - How to travel to the Middle East

Unfortunately, when we hear about the Middle East, it’s always for the saddest reasons.

Latest Iranian pipeline explosion blamed on aging infrastructure

The third major Iranian pipeline explosion since the summer has reportedly occurred at the country’s Parsian refinery in the southwest.

Richard Gere et al, thanks for the reminder to bless Israel

Richard Gere and more than 100 other movie notables signed a letter not to bless, but to curse the precious land and its holy people. Op-ed.

The View from Dubai:

Middle East: We need to get off the beaten track

Security and stability in the Middle East can only be achieved by thinking outside the box. Op-ed.

Islamism’s brutal face is back on display

Across the Middle East, extremist regimes and terrorist groups are rejoicing at the waning of the U.S. presence in their region. Op-ed.

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan: What’s next?

The Middle East is brutal, repressive and culturally Islamist. Regional powers, including Israel, must guarantee stability together Op-ed.

The colonizers

Progressives in the West who recoil at “settler colonial projects” should embrace the Jewish state as an example of decolonization. Op-ed.

A powder keg, courtesy of Washington

Israel’s ruling class refuses to see the US administration's effect on the Middle East from the Taliban to Syria to violence in Israel.Op-ed

Jordan's volatility alerts the US to Middle East reality

Of the 11 million Muslims killed in wars and terrorism since 1948, just 0.3% died in wars against Israel. Most violence is internal. Op-ed.

Can a Right Wing Coalition contain an Arab party?

The Middle East neighborhood does not make Israeli Arabs pine for an Arab society, but will Ra'am dump ideology to help its voters? Op-ed.

Middle East quandary

Israel has been a unique cost-effective, battle-tested counter-terrorism laboratory for the USA in its combat with Islamic terror. Op-ed.

White House policy: No 'blank check' for Israel

'We will maintain our ironclad commitment to Israel's security, resume role as provider of viable two-state solution,' Biden document says.

Paradigm Shift: Towards a New Middle East

TED-style lectures delve into how the Abraham Accords are changing the Middle East and Israel's standing around the world.