Security forces of the Palestinian National Authority in Bethlehem (Image: Shutterstock)
Two states talk is hopeless without enforcement
The Biden Administration hopes to use a hostage...
IDF paratroopers outside the Gaza border (File photo: Isranet)
Israel prepares ‘ground manoeuvres’ against Hamas – Ehud Yaari interview on ABC Radio National
ABC RN "Saturday Extra" - 14 October 2023...
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu (r) gets his long-awaited face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden in New York (Photo: Avi Ohayon, Israeli Government Press Office)
Netanyahu meets Biden, other world leaders, in New York
Update 09/23 #02   It seems fair to...
The domestic forces that blocked the plans of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (above) for closer ties with Israel are still powerful in Indonesia (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Could Saudi-Israeli normalisation lead Jakarta to follow suit?
Against the backdrop of increasing media reports regarding...
The surprising Palestinian split on Saudi normalisation
After years of stagnation and conflict, a new...
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Salman with IAEA head Rafael Grossi (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Saudi Arabia’s problematic nuclear “asks”
According to accounts of recent off-the-record comments by...
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Reading the Signs from Riyadh
Is a Saudi-Israeli peace deal just around the...
The US Administration is suggesting that Israeli-Saudi ties are about to move from the shadows into the light of day (Image: Shutterstock)
The Road to Riyadh
Israel-Saudi peace appears a real possibility   The...
Reports are suggesting a US-Saudi agreement has been reached on the broad outlines of a package that would see Riyadh normalise its relations with Israel, perhaps early next year - though other reports dispute this. (Image: Shutterstock, OnePixelStudio)
Renewed focus on Saudi-Israeli normalisation
Update 08/23 #02   Recent weeks have seen...
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Explainer: Why does Saudi Arabia want a ‘nuclear Aramco’?
Monash Lens – 16 June 2023    US...
Recent weeks have seen the rei-gnition of intense discussions regarding US efforts to negotiate a Saudi-Israel normalisation deal (Image: Shutterstock, lunopark)
Saudi-Israel deal progress?/ Israel and Erdogan’s Turkey
Update 06/23 #01   This Update deals with...
Anti-Houthi demonstrations in Taiz, Yemen, 2014
Yemen’s Future: Partition, Hezbollisation or Talibanisation?
Saudi Arabia has been trying to extricate itself...