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From the Basij to Balochistan: How Iran has encircled the Arab world - opinion

Iran’s peripheral militias and quiet encirclement of the Arab world.

|ByCATHERINE PEREZ-SHAKDAM
MEMBERS OF Iran’s Basij militia force attend an anti-Israel march in Tehran last week before Israel launched its attacks. It’s a quiet war of encirclement, exemplified by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s patience, theological certainty, and strategic depth, says the writer.
A STATUE of George Washington is tied with a Palestinian flag and keffiyeh at George Washington University in Washington last year. The keffiyeh is consistently employed as a symbol of revolt, incitement, and terror, says the writer.

How the keffiyeh has been co-opted and weaponized - opinion

The keffiyeh is now worn as a symbol of violence, terror, incitement, and antisemitism.

|ByALAN BAKER
IRAN’S PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in Tehran in April. Most Arab rulers oppose Iran’s turning into a nuclear power, the writer states.

Public condemnation, private interest: Arab world response to Israel's Iran strikes - opinion

Almost all Arab states that have signed peace or normalization agreements with Israel issued statements of condemnation against the attack.

|ByELI PODEH
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sits in the General Assembly. The State of Palestine is recognized by more than 130 countries, but not by most of the countries of the OECD.

The 'fig leaf' that hid Arab regime failures and seriously harmed the Palestinian cause - opinion

Post-1948, Arab regimes weaponized the Palestinian cause. Lacking organic legitimacy, they turned anti-Israel hostility into a survival mechanism.

|BySALEM ALKETBI

Voices from the Arab press: Israel’s strategy for managing US tensions

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

MAY 24, 2025
ByTHE MEDIA LINE
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a ‘coffee ceremony’ at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh, May 13

Arab world must view Israel as strategic partner to advance development, stability - opinion

Recognizing Israel as a strategic partner – not an eternal enemy – is a necessity dictated by geography and mutual interest.

MAY 19, 2025
Israel and UAE flags at a table with documents.

Muslim and Christian Arab leaders join March of the Living

The delegation, led by Sharaka, featured participants from Morocco, Bahrain, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries

APRIL 29, 2025
Sharaka delegation during March of the Living

Syria's Sharaa will attend Arab Summit, marking a potential path towards stability

Syria's invitation to the Arab Summit comes after Sharaa met Iraqi Prime Minister Sudani.

APRIL 28, 2025
Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa attends an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria March 10, 2025.

Nuclear talks may empower, embolden Iran if US isn't careful - opinion

Without these considerations, the US risks unintentionally accelerating a new Cold War in the Middle East.

APRIL 26, 2025
FOREIGN MINISTERS from Egypt and Gulf Cooperation Council countries meet in Mecca last month. Arab states, particularly in the Gulf, are recalibrating their positions toward the US-Iran nuclear talks because they fear being left behind by the US and outmaneuvered by Israel, says the writer.

Shifting sands in the Muslim world: More Arab countries rejecting jihad against Israel - opinion

Neither the Lebanese nor the Gazans have suddenly become Zionists, but like the mufti of Egypt, more and more of the Arab world is rejecting jihad against Israel as a way forward.

APRIL 22, 2025
ByPESACH WOLICKI
PALESTINIANS DEMAND an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.

Arab-Israel org. accuses Civil Service Commission of discriminating against Arab-Israelis

The Mossawa Center called for a hiring freeze in civil ministries that have not met the diversity hiring benchmarks for proportional population representation.

APRIL 13, 2025
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

52 deaths in 3 months: Gov't must fight bloodshed in Israeli Arab society - opinion

The bloodshed in Arab society must end. This requires responsible and courageous leadership. A broad government initiative is needed.

MARCH 26, 2025
ByHANADI SHAER
CARRYING THE coffins of two of the five men murdered the day before in Yafa an-Naseriyye, June 9.

Reviving the Druze state: The implications for Druze diaspora, Palestinians - opinion

Inspiration for Palestinians? A Druze State can help Palestinians move beyond functioning as pawns in the Western assault on Judaism.

MARCH 25, 2025
A delegation of 100 Druze leaders from Syria visits northern Israel for the first time since 1973 on March 14, 2025. Israeli Druze proudly wave their own national flag alongside the Israeli flag in festivals and ceremonies, the writer points out.

A shared future starts now: Why 2025 must be the year of change - opinion

A shared society, based on equality, justice, and mutual respect, will lead us out of the crisis toward a future of peace.

MARCH 18, 2025
ByHANAN ALSANAH, ELA ALON
Within days of the brutal October 7 attack, Itach-Ma’aki, together with the ‘Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?’ organization and local partners, established a joint emergency center in Rahat – Jewish and Arab men and women who worked together, to assist families in need, say the writers.

The UK’s inaction on Islamist radicalism Is a crisis for Israel and the West - opinion

The UK must abandon the dangerous belief that critiques of radical Islamist ideology equate to Islamophobia, instead adopting the UAE’s clear stance to protect society from this threat.

MARCH 17, 2025
AN ANTI-ISRAEL protest takes place outside a Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Chelsea, in Manchester, in February. A Henry Jackson Society poll shows that one-third of British Muslims want implementation of Sharia law in the UK.