Posts Tagged: Israel Middle East
Arab States Have Lost Patience With the Palestinians
JNS.org - Over recent weeks, the United Arab Emirates flew two commercial flights into Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, loaded with medical supplies to help the...
As Arab States View Trump Administration as Unreliable, Doors Open for Israel
The Firefly, an Israeli-built loitering kamikaze drone, part of the Spike family of missiles that the Jewish state has sold to various European nations, may be...
Is the Mideast Heading for an Energy War?
JNS.org - It looks like the next war in the Middle East won’t be over water, but over gas -- control of the region’s natural...
Peace for Israel Through Natural Gas?
Unlike Jordan, Egypt seems okay with purchasing natural gas from Israel: Israel and Egypt embarked on a new energy relationship Wednesday with the launch of a...
An Israeli Victory Is Necessary if Peace Is to Be Achieved
It is usually wiser to work for a solution to a conflict than try to achieve victory. But in some conflicts, the objectives of the...
Getting Human Rights Right at the State Department
JNS.org - At the US State Department, human rights have generally been a not-so-high priority. The big kahunas tend to focus on war and peace,...
Israel Has Extended America’s Strategic Reach in the Middle East
JNS.org - In 2019, the inherently unpredictable and violent Middle East has driven pro-US Arab regimes -- all of which face lethal domestic and external threats...
If the US-Iran Gulf Crisis Worsens, Israel Will Be Drawn In
JNS.org - The war of words that Washington and Tehran have been waging these past few weeks swings back and forth between messages intended to...
Time to Dump the Failed Two-State Solution
For just about as long as there have been efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, calls for a two-state solution have choked the global conversation....
Why Are Egypt’s Sisi and Other Brutal Dictators Afraid of Soccer Fans?
Ali Issa Ahmad, a British soccer fan, lingered in jail in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this year for wearing a Qatari soccer jersey during...
The Palestinian Fan Club
In movies involving fraternities, there is usually a hazing scene where pledges are repeatedly -- and willingly -- paddled from behind. Listening to people who...
The False Promise of Iraqi-Israeli Peace
No one should be misled by the revelation that several Iraqi delegations visited Israel in 2018, and let that turn into optimism about Iraqi-Israeli relations....
The Israeli Security Situation: Wandering Through a Maze
The discourse that tends to swirl around events like this week’s sharp Gaza escalation generally involves a clichéd discussion about “the loss of deterrence.” But the gauge...
Why King Abdullah’s Decision on Peace Treaty Should Be a Wake-Up Call
JNS.org - Jordan’s King Abdullah II, in what has been described as a “sharp tone,” announced this week that he would annul an appendix to...
