U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his team have been mediating between Israel and Saudi Arabia for the past few months, according to a report in one of Israel’s top daily newspapers.
The Palestinian Authority ‘needs a friend to be honest with it, telling it and advising it: sign the deal and then curse it as much as you want, day and night,’ wrote a Saudi journalist.
Strong condemnation from Palestinians towards the Arab states attending the Bahrain conference indicate their disdain even towards Arab leaders and governments.
Saudi journalists and intellectuals threw their support behind Israel, accusing Hamas of acting on behalf of Iran in retaliation for tightened U.S. sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
The Palestinians on Monday called on Arab nations to boycott or downgrade their representation at a Mideast summit co-hosted by the United States, as President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Saudi Arabia discuss ‘the dangers facing the Palestinian cause.’
The World Chess Federation has barred Saudi Arabia from hosting the next world championship because it won’t let Israelis enter the country to participate.
In a Saudi media outlet, Israeli Minister Yisrael Katz called for an Israeli-Gulf rail link, in addition to urging Saudi Arabia to lead reconciliation efforts between Israel and the Arab world.
A former CIA head and his sitting counterpart confirmed that Israel is maintaining contacts with Saudi Arabia regarding common interests concerning Iran.
A recent column in a Saudi daily singled out Arab states who “feebly” condemn Israel, while not-so-secretly maintaining ties with the Jewish state. Saudi Arabian journalist Muhammad Arif used his weekly column in the Saudi daily Al-Madina to lambaste Arab countries that simultaneously maintain and deny ties with Israel. Skewering this hypocritical approach to diplomacy… Read more »
Iran is the biggest threat to the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said, adding that he looks forward to working with the Trump administration.
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In what appears to be a new era in relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors, a former Saudi military general visited Israel recently and met with senior Israeli officials.
PA leader Mahmoud Abbas is being mocked by a number of bloggers and journalists for his latest gift to the Saudi king in his ongoing attempt to distort history.
The Obama administration will likely soon release at least part of a 28-page secret chapter from a congressional inquiry into 9/11 that may shed light on possible Saudi connections to the attackers.
Even Arab countries are finally admitting that Hezbollah is a regional and even global threat, and have declared the Iran-backed group a terror organization.
If the UN’s assertion is true and the coalition is deliberately and disproportionately killing thousands of innocent civilians, it is a war crime. But it is unlikely to be true.
A princess from Bahrain reportedly received life-saving treatment at an Israeli hospital in 2010. Unofficial ties between Israel and the Gulf states have increased due to the common Iranian threat.
A prominent Saudi cleric tells his followers that American burger chains serve tampered meat to Muslims that would cause the women to give birth mostly to girls.
The world’s failure to contend with North Korea’s nuclear program will result in its having to deal with a similar Iranian threat, a Saudi writer warns.