Middle East Near You

As tension escalates on numerous fronts, Israeli intelligence agencies continue to develop their capabilities, and now have databases and integrated artificial intelligence, allowing them to analyse massive amounts of...

Israeli concern over what they describe as the most serious internal crisis that the state has witnessed since its establishment is growing due to the state of division, polarisation...

Israeli-Palestinian relations have undergone rapid changes in recent hours after the Palestinian Authority (PA) announced the resumption of security coordination with Israel. The decision consequently prompted Palestinian factions to...

As Israel's internal disputes continue with ever more calls to dissolve parliament and hold early elections, the popularity of right-winger Naftali Bennett, who aspires to be Benjamin Netanyahu's successor,...

With the ongoing impasse in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, some new proposals have been published covering an alternative to an independent Palestinian state. This has clearly been done with Biden's victory...

Just like everyone else, Palestinian and Israeli decision-makers are awaiting the official announcement of the result of the US presidential election confirming Democrat Joe Biden's victory. We are also...

The normalisation agreements between Arab countries and Israel have led to louder calls for the US and Israel to establish new political and military alliances in the Middle East,...

Israel is getting ever more concerned about the result of the US election tomorrow. It fears a win for Democrat candidate Joe Biden and the loss of its ally...

The Palestinians are still being surprised from time to time by local, regional and international calls and statements calling for the "replacement" of the Palestinian leadership, in conjunction with...

The Israeli calls against the participation of Hamas in the upcoming elections are getting louder, alleging that the involvement of a movement representing a threat to Israel is banned...

There has been a series of contacts and meetings between Hamas and Russia this year to discuss developments in the Palestinian issue. These included the US deal of the...

Following the normalisation agreements between Gulf states and Israel, the US administration and the Israeli occupation started talking about the next country in line – Sudan. The United Arab...

At the height of Israel's preoccupation with the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the increased internal criticism of the government's failure to deal with it and stop its...

It is no secret that Egypt's role in Palestine has been declining, especially after failing to mediate a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, which Qatar did instead. Moreover, the...

Day after day, the magnitude of the Israeli benefits from normalisation with the Gulf become clearer, especially on the military and strategic levels. The latest benefit is talk about...

At the dawn of the era of political normalisation between the UAE, Bahrain and Israel, Palestinian media circles and journalists have warned against the popular Nas Daily, which millions...

On the 20th anniversary of its outbreak, Israelis still remember Al-Aqsa Intifada and recall the guerrilla operations that shook the pillars of their security, leading many to leave the...

The sixth anniversary of the ending of Israel's military offensive against Gaza in 2014 was met with escalating tension between Hamas and Israel. There are conflicting readings of the...

The Israelis are waiting with undeniable concern as preparations for the US presidential elections begin, and as they witness the disturbing political positions towards Israel, most notably with regard...

Ever since Israel's plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley emerged, media and political discussions about them have moved on to more urgent...

Following the latest round of Israeli escalation against the Palestinians in Gaza, lasting several weeks, Palestinians have sought their legitimate right to a decent quality of life, without unnecessary...

The Arab League refused to hold an urgent meeting at the request of the Palestinian Authority to discuss the UAE-Israel normalisation agreement. This was disrespectful towards the Palestinians, and...

Israel is frustrated at its failure to tackle the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement despite the huge budget allocated to the task and the recruitment of pro-Israel...

There has been a recent increase in security chaos in the West Bank, the latest of which is the killing of some Fatah field leaders by internal fire, in...

Over time, Turkish-Israeli relations have grown increasingly tense and their differences have widened. This is due either to Ankara's support for Hamas and its increased influence in the Mediterranean...

The rapid development of normalisation of the Emirati-Israeli relations has constituted a truly historic occasion to turn the page after decades of clandestine contact, only then to make them...

While Israel is commemorating the 15th anniversary of the unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, a number of senior Israeli officials have revealed what they are calling...

The massive explosion in Beirut this week which killed at least 140 people and wound 5,000 others looks set to have serious implications for relations, such as they are,...

Protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been on the increase, whether due to his failed measures to tackle the coronavirus, or the corruption cases in which he is...

The military deal signed by Iran and Syria earlier this month has serious security and strategic implications, coinciding as it did with Israeli attacks on Iranian targets. Israel, it...

Israel has, uncharacteristically, increased the number of reports about the increasing strength of the Egyptian army and its fears about the end of the rule of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi...

The possibly temporary postponement of Israel's annexation of swathes of the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley arose out of disagreements from within the Zionist state itself as well...