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Qatar’s divisive and politicised World Cup

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Qatar has cracked down on all political expression at the World Cup, as well as displays of flags not belonging to participating teams – with one exception. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations and Palestinian flags are welcome (Image: Twitter)

“Palestine” as World Cup distraction?

Over the first week of December, there were...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) receiving US President Joe Biden, at al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Image: Saudi press Agency/UPI/Alamy Live News)

A Middle Eastern NATO?

The Middle East is experiencing a geostrategic earthquake,...

(Top) L-R: Oman’s Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations Asaad bin Tariq al-Said, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa, US President Joe Biden, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the ‘Security and Development Summit’ in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 16 (Image: Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP); (Bottom) L-R: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a three-way summit in Teheran, Iran, July 19 (Image: SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM/AAP).

Editorial: Two Mideast Visits

In mid-July, US President Joe Biden visited Israel...

Air Force commanders from the US, Italy, the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Norway, the UAE, India, and the Netherlands, as well as ambassadors from France, the UK, Greece, and Germany, gathered for the international #BlueFlag2021 exercise, hosted by Israel in late October (Photo: Israel Defence Forces)

Exercises demonstrate Israel’s new military ties

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Editorial: Towards an “Abraham Alliance”

The past year has proven completely wrong those...

The US-brokered Abraham Accords between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain offer some powerful lessons to the incoming Biden Administration

The Centrality of the Abraham Accords

In November 2013, I participated in an...

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Media Microscope: Descendants of Abraham

Media shockwaves from the historic Abraham Accords...

Israeli fighter jets fly over Tel Aviv for Independence Day celebrations

Deconstruction Zone: The prerequisite for peace is Israeli power

The peace treaty signed on Sept. 15 by...

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Bridging the Gulf – UAE Ambassador Abdulla Al Subousi

His Excellency Abdulla Al Subousi, Ambassador Extraordinary and...

Longstanding taboos against urging peaceful relations with Israel have been well and truly broken, at least in the Persian Gulf

Arabs: Israel is not our enemy

A growing number of Arabs, particularly those living...

Regular critics of Israel mostly fell silent on the Abraham Accords

Media Microscope: Arguing with Peace?

It’s hard to argue against peace - which...