Arab world

March 29, 2024 | |

Some UNRWA Funding Resumes, Despite U.S. Ban

France announced on March 28 that it has budgeted 30 million euros ($32.4 million) for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The United States and 15 other countries,...

November 11, 2023 | |

War Goal Is Destruction of Hamas, Not Gaza Occupation Says Israel

When asked to describe post-war Gaza, “Hamas will be gone. We’ll destroy Hamas,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 9. He added, “What we have to...

March 27, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Erdogan’s Charm Offensive Will Not Satisfy Egypt, Syria, or Israel

Wherever you look, Erdogan wants a “reset” and “rapprochement.” But in every single case, there will be a price to pay.

March 30, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Shany Mor

Securing Peace in the Middle East After Trump

Dennis Ross Shany and I both agree that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was existential insofar as it embodied two national movements competing for the same space. Oslo was supposed to turn an existential...

November 30, 2020 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Should Heed the Concern of Israel and Arab Nations Regarding Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu visited Saudi Arabia last week to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS). The summit was historic, and could yield a long-sought normalization...

June 6, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German educational center sides with BDS, sabotages Israel event

The German-Israel Society of Aachen issued a statement on its Facebook page: "We don't understand the behavior of the representative of our co-organizer, the Aachen Adult Education Center."

July 14, 2017 | David Weinberg |

Terror designation lists highlight Qatar’s failure to tackle extremist funding

Of the names that do not overlap, many are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the four Arab States. Experts point to a host of iss...

January 24, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Jared Kushner Needs a Wingman

Donald Trump last week appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner...

May 12, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya

Download the full written testimony here (PDF). Ch...

May 7, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Christians Persecuted at Alarming Rate in Iran, Arab World, US Report Says

Christians are under siege in the Middle East, and the Obama administration is not doing enough to stop religious persecution by its allies, according to a new report from a bipartisan federal co...

April 1, 2013 | James Kirchick Commentary |

Gay—or Left?

On July 19, 2005, authorities in the Iranian city of Mashhad publicly lynched two teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, for the alleged crime of raping a 13-year-old boy. Horrific pictures...

December 20, 2012 | Lee Smith Tablet

Pollard Defenders Vindicated

After 25 years, the CIA has declassified documents that show Jonathan Pollard never spied on the U.S. for Israel

March 17, 2011 | |

Entangling Egypt in Iran’s “Resistance Camp”

It took a mere three weeks since the crossing of two Iranian warships through the Suez Canal to witness the unfolding of Tehran’s push to shape the strategic environment in the Eastern Medi...

June 8, 2010 | NOW Lebanon |

Erdogan Makes Turkeys of The Arabs

As the dust begins settling after the Gaza flotilla affair, it has become increasingly clear that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) resorted in a premeditated way to popul...

April 30, 2010 | Hayri Abaza inFocus Quarterly

Waiting for Reform: Arab Citizens and Obama

After one year in office, the Barack Obama administration has started to delineate more clearly its policies towards the Arab world. The George W. Bush administration of 2001-2009 had, at least i...

June 3, 2007 | Wall Street Journal

Register’s Last Hurrah?

To understand the challenge faced by Al-Hurra, the U.S. taxpayer-financed Arabic TV network, consider the case of Yasser Thabet. For years, Mr. Thabet has been a leading figure in shaping news co...

September 7, 2006 | |

Walid Phares’ Testimony Before House Subcommittee

On Thursday, September 7, 2006, FDD's Walid Phares testified before the House Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation.  The topic was 9/11: Five Years Later - Gaugi...

January 31, 2006 | Mideast Monitor |

Saudi-Syrian Relations after Hariri

Tony Badran is a PhD candidate in Ancient Near Eastern studies at New York University. He is also a Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, with a particular focus on Lebanes...

January 26, 2006 |

Future Jihad, Terrorist Strategies Against America by FDD Senior Fellow Dr. Walid Phares

Future Jihad looks to both the past and future of the terrorist campaign against the free world by focusing on its historical, religious and cultural roots.  Along the way, Phares provides i...

October 25, 2004 | FrontPageMagazine

State Department Slams US-Run Radio in Arab World

By: Dr. Walid Phares. Here's how a coordinated attack against Middle East democratization debuts in America: On October 13, the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler writes...