Arab states

If Iran’s clerical regime falls, Israel faces its tough strategic test - opinion

Israel cannot assume Iran’s collapse brings peace; it must understand the need for strategic planning.

|BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
Demonstrator hold burning photos of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in London, Britain, January 11, 2026
Killed Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, leader Yahya Sinwar against backdrop of ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad (illustration).

IDF reveals connection between Hamas, ousted Assad regime in letters, documents

The letters include correspondence between senior Hamas officials, including Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, and Mohammad Saeed Izadi.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A SYRIAN flag is displayed outside the White House after the meeting of US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa last week. November is shaping up as a holiday season for Arab governments, says the writer.

America’s Middle East commitments must come with clear reciprocity - opinion

If Trump’s goal is lasting stability, he must address his longstanding blind spot toward the Islamist leaderships of Qatar and Turkey.

|ByERIC R. MANDEL
The flag alley at the United Nations European headquarters is seen during the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2023.

Fifty years since ‘Zionism is Racism,' UN antisemitism continues - opinion

It struck a blow at the moral credibility of the UN itself, devalued the accusation of racism, and gave ideological cover to a new wave of antisemitism masquerading as anti-imperialism. 

|ByRICHARD SCHIFTER, GIL KAPEN

Two major figures in Arab world visit Israel as the Middle East changes

Jerusalem hosts two historic visitors bearing the fruits of peace.

MARCH 7, 2021ByVICTORIA COATES
GYPT’S PETROLEUM and Mineral Resources Minister Tariq al-Mulla attends a news conference in Cairo in 2018.

Can Israel and Arab states trust each other? - opinion

It will not be easy, but it can be done.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021ByEHUD EILAM
The flags of the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain flutter along a road in Netanya, Israel September 14, 2020

Youth from Syria, Libya, Iraq, Gaza join Israeli start-up program

The guidance is provided by both Palestinians and Israelis.

FEBRUARY 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Participants of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation's second cycle of Starting-Up Together.

Was the Arab Spring a revolution?

A decade after the Arab Spring’s eruption, the jury is still out about its effects

DECEMBER 22, 2020ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo on January 28, 2011

Voices from the Arab press: ‘Haj Muhammad Hitler’

A weekly selection of the opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
A TURKISH copy of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ on display at a bookstore in Istanbul.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran's bells and whistles

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

DECEMBER 8, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
DEBRIS DOTS a Saudi Aramco oil company distribution station that Yemeni Houthis say they attacked, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24.

UN must recognize Jewish refugees from Arab countries – opinion

Entire communities from Morocco to Iraq, from Egypt to Syria, Lebanon, Iran and more were effectively wiped out.

NOVEMBER 30, 2020ByGILAD ERDAN
Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan at the 75 UN General Assembly, September

Voices from the Arab press: The alleged victory against the United States

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

NOVEMBER 18, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
BURNING AMERICAN and Israeli flags in protest of talks on disputed maritime borders with Israel, in Naqoura near the Lebanese-Israeli border, November 11.

Arab survey: US can help solve Israel-Pal conflict, contain Iran

New poll on eve of US election shows Arab support for MidEast peace and US involvement but argues that previous US presidents have left the region worse off.

OCTOBER 27, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A US military vehicle is pictured behind the Turkish border walls during a joint US-Turkey patrol in northern Syria, 2019

Voices from the Arab Press: Winds of peace with Israel felt in Iraqi skies

A weekly selection of opinions and analysis from the Arab media around the world.

OCTOBER 22, 2020ByMEDIA LINE
Students learn to recite the Koran at Mohammed VI Institute for training imams in Rabat, Morocco, in 2019