Major Alaa Waheeb is the highest ranking Muslim officer in the Israel Defense Forces, and a report published by US News & World Report listed Israel as the 8th most powerful country in the world.

A recent edition of the AJC Live radio show focused on Israel’s humanitarian work around the globe being carried out by IsraAid, and Kuwaiti reporter Ahmad Al-Sarraf called on Arabs to look at the reasons for Israel’s success and superiority, instead of viewing it as a political-religious foe.