Tag: Israel

ALGERIA/WESTERN SAHARA/MOROCCO/ISRAEL – ‘Foreign manoeuvres’ in Western Sahara destablising Algeria: PM (Al Jazeera)

Algeria’s prime minister has criticised “foreign manoeuvres” that he says are aimed to destabilise it, after the United States recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over Western...

ISRAEL/MOROCCO – ‘Doesn’t serve Palestinians’: Israel-Morocco to normalise ties (Al Jazeera)

Morocco’s decision to normalise relations with Israel in a United States-brokered deal has elicited mixed global reactions. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/11/world-reacts-to-israeli-moroccan-deal-to-normalise-ties

ISRAEL/MOROCCO – Israelis welcome Morocco deal recognizing ties (Al Arabiya)

Israelis welcomed the normalization of diplomatic ties with Morocco, announced by US President Donald Trump on Twitter on Thursday. https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/en/features/2020/12/11/Israel-relations-Israelis-welcome-Morocco-deal-recognizing-ties

ISRAEL/IRAN – What is Israel’s secret weapon against Iran? (Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera)

There is much reason to believe, but obviously no hard evidence to prove, that Israel is behind the most recent assassination of yet another...

ISRAEL – The Next War Will Make No Allowances for Political or Covid Constraints (Gal Perl Finkel, INSS)

The prolonged tension in the north between the IDF and Hezbollah suggests that the two sides are actually only a few faulty or miscalculated...

ISRAEL/UAE – Israel-based channel and UAE broadcaster sign new partnership (Al Arabiya)

The flags of UAE and Israel fly upon the arrival of Israeli and US delegates at Abu Dhabi International Airport, in Abu Dhabi, United...

DUBAI/ISRAEL – Coronavirus: Dubai is ready to store COVID-19 vaccine, says DP World (Al Arabiya)

Dubai's ports are ready to store the COVID-19 vaccine, said the chariman of United Arab Emirates logistics company DP World on Sunday. https://englishbeta.alarabiya.net/en/business/economy/2020/12/07/Israel-relations-UAE-s-DP-World-says-Israel-will-be-strategic-link-for-its-ports Read more: UAE-Israel relations:...

SAUDI ARABIA/ISRAEL – Saudi prince strongly criticises Israel at Bahrain summit (Al Jazeera)

A prominent Saudi prince harshly criticised Israel at a Bahrain security summit that was remotely attended by Israel’s foreign minister, showing the challenges any...

ISRAEL – Dozens of Israelis arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest (Al Jazeera)

At least 30 people have been arrested in demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported. Police on Saturday said thousands of protesters gathered...

ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS – Israel occupies lands, puts Palestinians in ‘concentration camps’: Saudi Prince Turki (Joanne Serrieh, Al Arabiya)

Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki al-Faisal Al Saud during his speech at Bahrain's IISS Manama Dialogue. (Screengrab) Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to the US Prince Turki...

USA/ISRAEL – Biden and Israel: The Constraints Are Plentiful (Yousef Munayyer, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/biden-and-israel-the-constraints-are-plentiful/

ISRAEL – Israel issues travel warning involving several Middle Eastern states (Al-Monitor)

 Dore Gold, the former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations and the president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, attends the opening session...

EGYPT/ISIS/SINAI/ISRAEL – Islamic State Province in Sinai Changes its Strategy: Are Israel and the Suez Canal in the Crosshairs? (Tomer Naveh, Yoram Schweitzer, INSS)

In the past few months, Wilayat Sinai (the Sinai Province), which is the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in Egypt, carried out two unconventional attacks....

IRAN/ISRAEL/USA – Does the Cost of the Fakhrizadeh Assassination Outweigh the Benefits? (Shlomo Brom, Shimon Stein, INSS)

The prevailing assumption in the Israeli and international media, and among governments around the world, is that the assassination of the head of Iran’s...

IRAN/ISRAEL/USA – The Assassination of Fakhrizadeh: Considerations and Consequences (Amos Yadlin, Assaf Orion, INSS)

The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizada invites six questions: Who is responsible for the act? What was the objective? Why now? What are the consequences...

EUROPE/PALESTINE/ISRAEL – EU calls for probe into Palestinian teen’s killing by Israel (Al Jazeera)

The killing of a Palestinian teenager by the Israeli army in the illegally occupied West Bank has been termed a “war crime” and the...