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Narendra Modi (with outstretched arms), Indian prime minister, announces a new economic corridor connecting India, the Middle East and Europe as U.S. President Joe Biden (hand to his chin) at the G20 meeting in New Delhi on Sept. 9, 2023. Credit: PBS NewsHour/YouTube screen capture.

Washington, Jerusalem divided on latter’s role in new ‘economic corridor’

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The Biden administration announced what it called a “landmark” economic corridor between India, the Middle East and Europe at the G20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9. The corridor will “stimulate economic development through...

The Abraham Accords, three years on

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Almost three years have elapsed since the signing of the Abraham Accords on the White House lawn. Everything appeared to be progressing smoothly until last month, when a planned visit of Israeli Foreign Minister...
Pro-Israel activist Yoseph Haddad speaking to U.S. college students. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli Arab activist stands firm after attack on flight

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A prominent Israeli-Arab social media activist who was accosted on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv for his unabashedly pro-Israel posts said Wednesday that the assault only strengthened his views, and that he...
During an Arab League summit in Libya, Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip take part in a rally calling for Arab leaders to cancel an initiative for indirect peace talks with Israel, March 27, 2010. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90.

Nothing is inevitable: The lessons of Israel’s Libya fiasco

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There may be plenty of blame to go around for what happened this past week between Israel and Libya. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen’s decision to announce the news of a meeting with Libyan...
New-generation centrifuges on display in Tehran during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day, April 10, 2021. Credit: Iranian Presidency Office/WANA.

Why Biden’s new ‘Iran Deal Lite’ is raising alarm

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Since Iran defiantly rebuked recent U.S. efforts to renew the failed 2015 nuclear deal, President Joe Biden is trying Plan C—a dramatically weakened strategy to “contain” instead of “prevent” Iran’s nuclear weapons development. This new...
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, shows then-President Hassan Rouhani models of nuclear centrifuges, April 9, 2019. Credit: Iranian President’s Office.

Any deal with Iran requires congressional approval

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Iran is pretty much a nuclear threshold state, having enriched enough uranium to build multiple nuclear bombs within a few weeks while hard at work weaponizing them in a timeframe that is so far...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, May 3, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Did Israel lose the Syrian war? Not yet

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Ehud Yaari’s recent op-ed “How Israel Lost the Syrian War” provides unequaled insight into Israel’s and other states’ actions during the  Syrian civil war. He describes Israel’s tactical successes, noting that IRGC leader Qassem Soleimani’s “original...
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli FM: Negev Forum postponed, not canceled

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday corrected Israeli media reports that Morocco had cancelled the second gathering of the Negev Forum, a group formed to advance the Abraham Accords. Cohen admitted that the postponement...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant details Iran's strategy of converting commercial vessels into military ships armed with offensive equipment, such as UAVs and missiles, and outfitted with advanced intelligence-gathering systems. Credit: Ariel Hermoni/IMoD.

Gallant: Iran operating ‘floating terror bases’

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed on Monday that Iran is converting commercial vessels into armed military platforms, equipped with drones, missiles and advanced reconnaissance systems. These "floating terror bases" were an extension of Iran's...
The flags of the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain are screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, on September 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli, Bahraini FMs agree to enhance Abraham Accords

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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen spoke on Sunday with his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. The two top diplomats discussed regional developments, as well as ways to strengthen bilateral relations and enhance and...