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Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with Jewish leaders in Abu Dhabi. Top row (right to left): Yifat Turbiner, Steve Benchimol, Rabbi Levi Duchman, Rabbi Eli Abadi, Daniel Seal, Sarah Benchimol, and Ross Kriel. Bottom row (right to left): Israeli Ambassador in the UAE Amir Hayek, Herzog, first lady Michal Herzog, and UAE Ambassador in Israel Mohamed Al Khaja. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO

‘It’s safer to be Jewish in the UAE than in the USA’

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog met on Sunday evening with Jewish community representatives in the United Arab Emirates, including a senior rabbi who told them that the UAE is safer...
U.S. President Donald Trump at Jerusalem's Western Wall on May 22, 2017. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy in Israel.

For Israeli right, Trump’s Middle East legacy will shine bright

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For most of the Israeli right, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel legacy will outshine other elements of his controversial presidency. Pro-Trump leaders, activists and analysts said that the Jan. 6 mob invasion of the U.S....
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani hold up the Abraham Accords, during the signing ceremony at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

An Abrahamic family reunion

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Of all the efforts that U.S. President Donald Trump made on behalf of the Jewish people, the most meaningful and lasting may be the orchestration of peace agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors....
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, March 2016. Credit: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv/Wikimedia Commons.

What the next US administration could mean for Israel and the Middle East

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With razor-thin margins separating U.S. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the contentious race for the White House has yet to produce a clear victor. Around the globe, all eyes are...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman light Hanukkah candles at the Western Wall on December 22, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman: Mideast is ‘exploding with good opportunities’ under Trump

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Over the past four years, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has charted a new direction towards Israel, Iran and the greater Middle East. Many of the policies advanced are considerably different from...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked by U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani, at the signing of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, Credit: White House/Joyce N. Boghosian.

Abraham’s seeds of peace were planted long ago; now they’re bearing fruit

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When the Abraham Accords between Israel and the United Arab Emirates were hastily announced from the White House in a mid-August press conference, Israelis were both caught by surprise and left to guess whether...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on May 23, 2017. Credit: Shealah Craighead/White House.

The Palestinians’ view of the US elections

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Four difficult years have passed for the P.A. and its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. Senior Fatah sources say that in recent days the color has returned to the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press statement at his office in Jerusalem, on Aug. 13, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu: ‘For far too long, the Palestinians have had a veto on peace’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted the newly announced normalization deal with the United Arab Emirates as a game-changer for the region that could upend the underlying paradigm previously governing the peace process, at...
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (right) with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the Liebermann Villa on the shores of Lake Wannsee in Berlin. Aug. 27, 2020. Source: Twitter/Gabi Ashkenazi.

‘Israeli government’s policy moved from annexation to normalization’

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said on Thursday that his government has moved away from plans to extend sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, in the wake of...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at the Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 24, 2020. Courtesy: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

Pompeo lands in Israel on first leg of Mideast trip to Sudan, Bahrain, UAE

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Israel on Monday morning as part of a region-wide trip that includes visits to Sudan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. “Looking forward to speaking with leaders...