Middle East peace

Middle East faces critical window for change as Trump’s time in office runs down

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: US and regional officials at MEAD argue Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon processes are flawed but preferable to alternatives and must be secured before Trump leaves office.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Israel has a 28-month window before Trump leaves office to entrench the processes now underway in Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon, according to assessments heard at the MEAD conference in Washington.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan receives Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates December 7, 2021.

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A Hezbollah supporter holds a Palestinian flag and a cutout image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025.

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A new type of peace in the Middle East

From peace between leaders to peace between peoples

‘ISRAEL HAS been awash in recent years in reports heralding a new era in relations with the Arab world.’

The delusional one-state solution

Responsible actors who care about peace in the Middle East will not entertain this fairytale for even a minute. Lebanon is a good starting point as to why.

A PALESTINIAN slings a stone at Israeli soldiers

Trump likely to roll out highly anticipated peace plan after Israel votes

"...Toughest deal of all," says Trump. Economic plan was presented in Bahrain in June.

US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington in March.

UK Activist: Quite openly, we are for the destruction of the State of Israel

"The Palestinians from Israel are "untermensch" or treated as second class citizens," Gerry Downing said.

IDF reservists attend an event in British Parliament held by Israeli organization, "My Truth"

Bahrain opportunity

Ignoring the past record of his own Fatah movement, Abbas said that the Palestinians need an improved economy but, “before anything, there must be a political solution.”

BAHRAIN IS preparing to host an event devoted to the US peace plan.

PA rejects ‘humiliating blackmail’ to kill Palestinian political ambitions

A PLO official said that the PLO leaders will discuss ways of foiling Trump’s unseen plan and the Palestinian response to Israeli and US policies towards the Palestinians.

Palestinians parade during celebrations after Hamas said it reached a deal with Palestinian rival Fatah, in Gaza City, October 12, 2017.

World Jerusalem Day, the Trump plan and Hamas’s warning to the Arab states

Another speaker who addresses the crowd from his bunker in Beirut annually on World Jerusalem Day is Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks at supporters before boarding Air Force One after addressing a Trump 2020 re-election campaign rally in Montoursville, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 20, 2019

Dutch foreign minister defends diplomat promoting ‘one-state solution’

In 2014, Eijpe shared a plea on Facebook to “immediately boycott the state of Israel.” The Dutch Foreign Ministry is opposed to such boycotts.

Dutch flag in field 370

‘Bahrain natural choice to hold Mideast economic meeting’- U.S. rabbi

An American rabbi who serves as an adviser to the King of Bahrain says the Gulf state is a leader in warming ties with Israel.

Rabbi Marc Schneier with Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa

How Israel should react to the Trump peace plan

Israel must transform the threat posed by this American peace plan into a strategic opportunity.

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) puts a hand on the back of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), March 25th, 2019