https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAniN5fyXFU&t=1180s In recent weeks tensions along Israel’s northern front have erupted on several locations – steeply exacerbating the prospects for wider escalation. Are we on the brink of war despite widespread domestic unrest in all the member-states involved?Panel:- Jonathan Hessen, Host.- Amir Oren, Analyst.- Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser –...
President Trump has announced what he calls a "huge" and "historic peace agreement" between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Besides a normalization of relations, the two countries also agreed to work toward a "just, comprehensive and enduring resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." What is the significance of this and...
STASA SALACANINGULF (GCC) (Interview) U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (l) speaks with the Emirati Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba at the NYU Abu Dhabi campus in Abu Dhabi, Jan. 13, 2019. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) By Stasa Salacanin THE ISRAELI PRIME MINSTER’S plan to effectively annex parts...
בגולן של 2020, כמו בגולן של שנת 636, המאבק מול איראן חייב לקחת בחשבון את שליחיהם ואת הגעתם של כוחות עוינים מחזיתות אחרות. הם כאן כדי להתכונן לקרב הבא שכנראה עוד יגיע. לנו מוטב להיות מוכנים ולא להילחם שם לבדנו. ההיסטוריה מלמדת שלא מעט קרבות מסתיימים בתבוסה בשל ההכנה לקרב...
ריאיון בתוכנית "משחק חוץ" עם עמנואל פלפס בנושא המשבר הכלכלי בלבנון ועל המטוס המסתורי שנחת כאן מהמפרץ - האם עוד תקרת זכוכית נפרצה? אייטם ראשון בווידאו למטה...יי https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzs_VjOVQ3w
By NIR BOMS, HUSSEIN ABOUBAKR, Jerusalem Post, May 10th 2020 The recent weeks have awakened us to a new and unprecedented reality. Life is at stake, we are told, and life is precious, priceless, in fact. The world needs our actions to save life. There is no price for human...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_GeGRrUOMY The entire Middle East seems to be focused on the coronavirus crisis. While the spreading contagion is indeed a major issue everywhere, it is not the only one. In northern Syria, the Assad regime and Turkey are still in conflict, with various other powers involved directly or indirectly. To...
لحظة شبيهة بكارثة تشيرنوبيل في إيران متاح أيضاً في English 24 نيسان/أبريل 2020 بينما يبدو أن عددًا من البلدان يحاول فتح أبوابه، فقد تصدرت إيران عناوين الصحف باعتبارها أحد البلاد التي تعيد فتح أبوابها تدريجيًا. فهي من جهة تعاني وضعًا اقتصاديًا صعبًا يشتمل على انهيار غير مسبوق لأسعار النفط وعقوبات...
Also available in العربية Fikra Forum, April 24, 2020 As several states seem to experiment with opening up, Iran has made headlines as one of the countries experimenting with a gradual reopening of the country. However, the Iranian regime’s consistent mishandling of the crisis raises the question of whether this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULVnMtJNEzk The corona contagion overshadows all other issues across the Middle East, as is the case globally. And while all other matters pertaining to the security situation in the Levant and beyond may have been marginalized in the public’s consciousness – they continue to pose challenges to local and major...