The decision by Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to indict Binyamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in four cases has triggered the most serious crisis that has ever faced the Hebrew state. It is a compounded (...)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said 18 November that Washington “no longer considers Israeli settlements as inconsistent with international law”. The announcement came as no surprise, but still caused a tempest. After the Trump administration (...)
Numerous reports have been written about Turkey's nuclear ambitions. A New York Times article on 20 October 2019 held that these ambitions date back to the 1970s.
As far as the pre-21st century period is concerned, the reports lack reliable (...)
After what looked like a green light from the US to Turkey to start military operations in northern Syria, the Turkish invasion of the country began on the evening of 9 October.
Within days, the US position seemed muddled and confused, however, and (...)
While in New York for the inauguration of the 74th UN General Assembly, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi met with 13 presidents, seven prime ministers, the UN secretary-general and the director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and attended (...)
None of the parties targeted by the US peace plan known as the “Deal of the Century” knows its details. Yet, given that the Palestinians have officially rejected the plan (without clarifying whether or not they had more specific knowledge about its (...)
Referring to reports of Israeli intentions to annex parts of the West Bank on which Israeli settlements have been built, US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner indicated that the US had not yet discussed this subject with Israel but that it would do (...)
Renewed talk over whether the White House will designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation raises compelling questions. Why would US President Donald Trump take this step now? How will members of his administration sort out their (...)
Referring to reports of Israeli intentions to annex parts of the West Bank on which Israeli settlements have been built, US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner indicated that the US had not yet discussed this subject with Israel but that it would do (...)
Renewed talk over whether the White House will designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation raises compelling questions. Why would US President Donald Trump take this step now? How will members of his administration sort out their (...)
The latest Israeli elections resulted in a victory for right-wing parties with 65 seats to 55 seats for centre-right, centre, left and Arab parties. The Likud Party increased its seats from 30 in the 2015 elections to 36 seats in the new Knesset, (...)
Before President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's latest visit to Washington, Egyptian opposition groups had placed their bets on a confrontational meeting between Al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump over issues of human rights and democracy in Egypt.
Trump (...)
The upcoming announcement of the American plan to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, tensions in the US-Turkish relationship, Israeli elections, Washington's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, ongoing US interest in (...)
The upcoming announcement of the American plan to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, tensions in the US-Turkish relationship, Israeli elections, Washington's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, ongoing US interest in (...)
The most salient feature of the climate in Israel in the run-up to general elections set for 9 April is the determination of most Israeli parties to unseat Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after 10 consecutive years in power. Some opposition (...)
“After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognise Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Security!” tweeted US President Donald Trump. (...)
When the US under President Donald Trump expounds a new foreign policy vision it is natural to ask how this will affect its relations with Egypt.
Both countries realise that, however their government administrations may change, they have certain (...)
When the US under President Donald Trump expounds a new foreign policy vision it is natural to ask how this will affect its relations with Egypt. Both countries realise that, however their government administrations may change, they have certain (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's annual visit to the US to attend the opening of the UN General Assembly session is significant because of the opportunity it presents to explain Cairo's views on the security and economic challenges facing the world. (...)
For decades Egypt has found itself at the centre of protracted battles between successive US administrations and their domestic opponents over the principles and priorities of US foreign policy. Today, as always happens when Egypt's head-of-state (...)
For decades Egypt has found itself at the centre of protracted battles between successive US administrations and their domestic opponents over the principles and priorities of US foreign policy.
Today, as always happens when Egypt's head-of-state (...)
In the Arab coalition's operation to gain control over the port of Hodeida, elite forces from the UAE assumed the brunt of the offensive on the ground, alongside some Yemeni army forces that Abu Dhabi had trained and equipped for such missions in (...)
In the Arab coalition's operation to gain control over the port of Hodeida, elite forces from the UAE assumed the brunt of the offensive on the ground, alongside some Yemeni army forces that Abu Dhabi had trained and equipped for such missions in (...)
The Israeli Knesset's passage of a controversial nationality law has stirred up many questions, not least of which are: why now, precisely? And what repercussions will it have domestically, regionally and internationally?
Since the second (...)
The Israeli Knesset's passage of a controversial nationality law has stirred many questions, not least of which are: why now, precisely? And what repercussions will it have domestically, regionally and internationally?
Since the second Palestinian (...)
