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Author Michael Horowitz's new book is 'Hope and Despair.' (Courtesy)
October 11, 2024, 4:43 pm
A Middle East expert envisioned two paths for Israel. Then October 7 happened
French-Israeli geopolitical scholar Michael Horowitz had nearly finished his book, ‘Hope and Despair,’ when Hamas massacred 1,200 people in Israel. He’s still cautiously optimistic
By Rich Tenorio
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, attends a meeting with Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Hussein al-Sheikh, during a day of meetings about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the Jordanian capital Amman on November 4, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool/AFP)
February 15, 2024, 11:53 am
Israel bristles at report US, Arab allies will propose Palestinian state plan in weeks
Blueprint, including ‘firm timeline,’ tied to pause in Gaza fighting, says Washington Post; Israel says ‘now is not the time to be speaking about gifts to the Palestinian people’
By ToI Staff
Seen on a large screen, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is greeted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (right) prior to the start of the International 'Summit for Peace,' in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), east of Cairo, on October 21, 2023. (Khaled DESOUKI/ AFP)
October 22, 2023, 11:49 pm
‘Dialogue of the deaf’: Failed Cairo summit exposes deep rift between Arabs and West
Saturday’s meeting on ongoing Israel-Hamas war ended without a final statement, with Western states refusing to slam Israel and Arab states unwilling to blame Hamas for violence
By AFP and ToI Staff
A woman looks at a caricature by Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj depicting the leader of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, holding a dove with Israel's flag on it, spitting in his face, with Arabic writing referring to Israel's opposition to the sale of US F-35 aircraft to the UAE, on August 27, 2020. (AFP)
October 11, 2020, 10:28 pm
Arab social media hyper-critical of normalization with Israel, ministry says
Nearly 90 percent of posts about Abraham Accords from the Arab world were negative, according to new report commissioned by Strategic Affairs Ministry
By Raphael Ahren
Screenshot from a webinar during which Israeli and Arab journalists, officials and communications professionals discussed the media's role in advancing Arab-Israel peace. September 21, 2020 (Facebook)
September 24, 2020, 12:28 pm
Historic webinar shows how journalism can help sustain warming Arab-Israel ties
Media folk from Israel, its new allies and potential new allies this week began a vital dialogue; the better we understand each other, the better the chances of stable relations
By David Horovitz
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, speaks to his father, King Salman, at a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Riyadh, December 9, 2018. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
September 19, 2020, 1:17 pm
Saudi royal family said divided over possible future ties with Israel
Crown prince said to be in favor of the move as it could bring business opportunities, coordination over Iran, but king is solidly committed to Palestinian demand for state
By ToI Staff
L-R: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump talk at the ceremony for the signing of the Abraham Accords, at the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. (Avi Ohayon / GPO)
September 18, 2020, 6:52 am
With the Israel-UAE-Bahrain deals, ‘undeniable Palestinan truths’ no longer hold
Axioms the Palestinians imposed on the Arab world for decades — notably including the eschewing of all normalization with Israel — are crumbling before their horrified eyes
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a meeting to discuss the United Arab Emirates' deal with Israel to normalize relations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 18, 2020. (Mohamad Torokman/Pool Photo via AP, File)
September 17, 2020, 2:31 pm
The absent peacemaker
The US has been repeatedly inviting Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to reengage and advocate for his people’s interests. Isn’t that supposed to be his very purpose?
By David Horovitz
Then-Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaks at a Tel Aviv University cyber conference, on June 24, 2019. (Flash90/File)
September 17, 2020, 12:44 am
Mossad chief indicates Saudis could join nations normalizing ties with Israel
Yossi Cohen refuses to say whether he’s met Riyadh’s de facto leader; explains deals with Gulf states required building trust ‘that we’re here for them and they’re here for us’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 16, 2020, 12:36 am
Trump says Saudi Arabia among 7-9 countries expected to make peace with Israel
US president says he spoke with the Saudi king and normalization will come ‘at the right time,’ earlier said 5-6 more countries on path to formal ties with Israel
By ToI Staff and AFP
US President Donald Trump, with Melania Trump, hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020 (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
September 15, 2020, 11:20 pm
Full text of Trump-Netanyahu meeting: ‘Israel has never been less isolated’
US president hosts Israeli PM before Abraham Accords signing ceremony, says five or six other countries are also lining up to make peace
By ToI Staff
Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan sign the normalization agreements between the countries on the South Lawn of the White House, September 15, 2020 (Avi Ohayon / GPO)
September 15, 2020, 11:06 pm
Moving White House ceremony starts to relegitimize a precious little word: Peace
26 years after the Israel-Jordan treaty, a whole generation of Israelis and Arabs witnesses something it had simply never seen before
By David Horovitz
US President Donald Trump speaks as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a bilateral meeting at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 15, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
September 15, 2020, 7:41 pm
Hosting Netanyahu, Trump says 5-6 more countries ready to make peace with Israel
‘Frankly we could have had them here today,’ he says, shortly before Israel-UAE-Bahrain signing ceremony; Netanyahu: Israel enjoying ‘greatest diplomatic triumph of its history’
By ToI Staff
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