Gulf States

Trump, Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman to meet Nov. 18, CBS says

US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman plan to meet at the White House on November 18 to discuss new defense and intelligence agreements between Washington and Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US President Donald Trump, at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.
Ambassador Na'eh at a meeting of the Negev Forum in Sde Boker, Israel, March 2022.

'It will take patience,' Israel's envoy to Bahrain Eitan Na’eh says on restoring Gulf's trust

 An illustrative image of a Hezbollah flag in the backdrop of an individual holding a weapon.

Syria, Lebanon key to next phase of Middle East peace, says US Ambassador Tom Barrack - analysis

GRAFITTI SHOWS a Hamas and ISIS member kissing, in south Tel Aviv: ISIS is now mostly defeated.

A new Middle East: How to make Trump's vision for the region into reality - analysis


Saudi royal source: Normalization with Israel possible with different gov't - N12

The Saudi royal source said that he believes that normalization with Israel will happen once Israel elects a new government. 

 US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman shake hands during a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.

How Washington and the Gulf cleared a path to a fragile Gaza truce - analysis

Deadlines from the American president, regional leverage, and war fatigue in Israel combined to produce a deal neither side fully wanted but both needed.

Nitzan Alon shakes Qatari PM al-Thani's hand, reportedly after negotiations ended early Thursday morning.

A complex reality: Saudi-Pakistani alliance is not a hostile pact against Israel - opinion

Israel should avoid misinterpreting the pact as a hostile alignment aimed directly at it.

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace after signing a defense agreement in Riyadh last week. Israel should not misinterpret it as a hostile alignment aimed directly against it, says the writer.

Scholars say Iran intensified repressions, focused on hangings and an Internet blackout

Since the war with Israel, Iranian Police have claimed 21,000 arrests, while rights groups say the subsequent surge in executions echoes the run-up to the 1988 prison massacres.

 Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Sharren Haskel: 'This is not a territorial conflict, but a religious, cultural conflict'

Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel outlines Israel’s diplomatic battle amid global cultural and religious conflicts at The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference.

Sharren Haskel at The Jerusalem Post conference in Jerusalem, September 16, 2025.

Striking Hamas in Doha: Qatar's duplicity, the Gulf's ambivalence, and Israel's evolving doctrine

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: By striking Hamas leaders in Qatar, Israel challenged global hypocrisy, shattered Doha's mediator facade, and opened a new front in its fight against Hamas.

A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli official, in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025

New Delhi, Gulf investors, and Washington push IMEC forward despite Gaza war, tariffs - analysis

Israel’s planners view IMEC as an opportunity to transition from an 'island economy' to a land-sea hinge.

THE DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Israel in 2017, while in 2018 and 2019 Netanyahu visited India

Gulf countries hold meeting ahead of UNGA that might see declaration of a Palestinian state

Heavyweights such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia are holding meetings and discussions about the region. These have implications for their policy on Israel and Palestinian issues.

 Representatives of the UAE, US, Israel, Bahrain Morocco and Egypt at the Steering Committee of the Negev Forum, June 27, 2022.

Gulf, Arab states celebrate Israel's shift on Gaza aid as achievement - analysis

This highlights the significance of this for these countries and other Arab states. The UAE is a member of the Abraham Accords. Some have assumed that Saudi Arabia might join in the future.

 Trucks carrying aid enter Gaza through the Rafah border crossing on July 27, 2025 in Rafah, Egypt.

Saudi crown prince meets Iranian foreign minister in Jeddah

The two discussed relations and the latest regional developments, Saudi state news agency SPA said.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 8, 2025.

Deterrence to diplomacy: Can Israel’s military might facilitate Middle East peace? - opinion

It overestimates the appeal of military might while ignoring the real motivations that have historically led Arab states to normalize relations with Israel.

 A PALESTINIAN woman looks on at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Gaza City earlier this week. The Gaza war has returned the Palestinian issue to center stage, linked to any key movement on normalization, states the writer.