Naftali Bennett lauded a new “regional architecture of moderate countries” in the Middle East as he left Bahrain on Tuesday evening, completing the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister to the Gulf State. What happened Bennett’s visit to Bahrain saw the prime minister meet with King Hamad bin Isa Al Read more…
The Biden administration said on Monday that a renewed deal to restrict Iran’s nuclear programme was possible, but that any agreement had to be completed urgently as Tehran advances its capabilities. Negotiations in Vienna, which began last summer, were halted at the end of January, before being renewed this week. Read more…
The US Agency for International Development last week announced appointments to an advisory board to recommend how to distribute $250 million in funding for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence projects. The filling of the board is a major step forward since the passing of the Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Read more…
A rare meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s Central Council held this week strengthened the position of Mahmoud Abbas and dropped further clues as to the long-standing president’s potential eventual successor. What happened Abbas loyalists joined the PLO’s Executive Committee and will head its top decision-making body, the National Council. Read more…
Steps to a two state solution: For Israel, for Palestine, for peace Step Nine: Ensure enforcement of UNSCR 1701, international action to prevent Hezbollah’s precision-missile project and attacks on Israel UN Security Council Resolution 1701 brought to an end the bloody 2006 Lebanon war between Israel and terror group Hezbollah. Read more…
The editor-in-chief of the Arab Times newspaper has written a passionate editorial calling for Kuwait and other Gulf states to normalise diplomatic ties with Israel, ahead of Israeli president Herzog’s historic first visit to the UAE this week. President Herzog landed in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, having flown through Saudi Read more…
President Isaac Herzog arrived in Abu Dhabi this week, paying the first visit by an Israeli head of state to the United Arab Emirates. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a ballistic missile at the Emirates during the visit – the third such attack in recent weeks and a sharp Read more…
Palestinian terror groups including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad received sharp criticism from Gulf states over the weekend due to their condemnation of Saudi airstrikes in Yemen. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain launched scathing attacks on the Palestinian groups for their alleged support of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Read more…
Israel’s foreign minister Yair Lapid met with senior Palestinian Authority official Hussein al-Sheikh on Sunday night, in the latest in a series of meetings between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. “I met this evening with Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid and we discussed several political and bilateral issues. I highlighted Read more…
Negotiations with Iran surrounding its nuclear programme have reached a “decisive moment”, the US and European countries have warned. The warning comes amid speculation that Tehran is deliberately foot-dragging while its efforts to become a nuclear power gain speed. What happened “We are indeed at a decisive moment,” the US Read more…
Labour’s shadow International Trade Minister Ruth Cadbury today took part in a Westminster Hall Debate on UK-Israel trade negotiations today. In her contributions, Ruth spoke about Labour’s “strong and historic links” with Israel and Labour’s support for the growing UK-Israel trade relationship. She also reiterated Labour’s opposition to boycotts and sanctions against Read more…
The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip will require more than the $500 million Egypt has provided, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said last week. “We were hoping to contribute more than this sum”, Sisi said at a panel of the World Youth Forum conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. In May 2021, Read more…