If Lebanon’s Shia are to finally divorce Iran and reclaim patriotism for their nation, other sects must also place Lebanon’s national interests above the diktats of foreign patrons. That means the...
For all his efforts, Joseph Aoun deserves Washington’s active support to enable him to accomplish even more. Until late 2024, Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa was a U.S.-designated terrorist with...
First Direct Talks Since 1983: Israeli and Lebanese officials participated in a U.S.-brokered direct meeting in Naqoura, Lebanon, at the headquarters of UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping...
The text includes a single clause that – given birthrates and demographics – kills chances for a workable solution
Druze lawmaker Wael Abou-Faour said that U.S. officials have broached the subject of peace between Lebanon and Israel with top Lebanese leaders, but argued that peace would spark clashes...
Despite the ongoing war, the states in the Gulf Cooperation Council still see Israel as a legitimate regional player and reject Hamas’s call for radical violence.
Gaza “must include Palestinian-led governance” and be “unified with the West Bank under the Palestinian Authority,” according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The only problem is Palestinians...
A Saudi diplomat suggested on September 26 that normalization with Israel would factor in the 2002 pan-Arab peace proposal sponsored by Riyadh. Nayef Al-Sudairi, the newly minted...
A week after Israel and Saudi Arabia signed an MOU for the establishment of a seven-nation, cross-border, ship-to-rail transit network, Saudi media reported that Riyadh has suspended normalization...
Full normalization with Saudi Arabia at this time is farther than it appears– and Israel must be careful that in trying to reach normalization, it does not yield on essential security interests.
The request to the International Court of Justice is designed to subvert the peace process by making Israel's legal occupation unlawful
Ahead of his victory in Israel’s election in November, Benjamin Netanyahu had been telegraphing loudly that his top priority is to pursue a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. As he put the finishing touches...
A rash of commentary celebrating a supposed shift in Qatari policy, away from promoting and subsidizing radical Islamists like Hamas and the Taliban to "moderating" them, is misplaced, misinformed and dangerously naïve
Dennis Ross When it comes to the Abraham Accords, the Trump Administration deserves the credit for taking advantage of an opportunity, one it responded to but did not initiate. It was the UAE that came...
How the Abraham Accords put the final nail in the coffin of a bad idea.
There’s talk of the new American administration moving closer to Iran. Could a Saudi step toward peace with Israel protect Riyadh from the troubles that might ensue?
No deal is perfect, but any improvement should not be downplayed when it makes the volatile Middle East more peaceful and win-win.
Trump’s is the latest play in a decadeslong game of trying to counter previous ‘peace process’ moves by each new American administration
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi traveled to Washington on Monday for his first-ever Whi...
The alarm bells sounding the impending youth revolt is perhaps the central takeaway from the UN’s report released Tuesday on the herculean challenges facing Arab states across the Middle Ea...