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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

Joshua Teitelbaum

In this November 24, 2018, photo, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
December 7, 2020, 4:52 pm
Good prince, bad prince: Why Israelis shouldn’t be shocked by Saudi royal’s rant
Turki bin Faisal often looked like the public face of Riyadh’s covert rapprochement with Jerusalem; then he launched a harangue against normalization
By Raphael Ahren
A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2018, demanding justice for missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Jim Watson/AFP)
October 23, 2018, 4:57 pm
Khashoggi disliked Israel, but his brutal murder puts Jerusalem in tough spot
The Jewish state needs a strong Saudi Arabia to help confront Iran, but does not want to be seen as a mouthpiece for a regime that kills journalists
By Raphael Ahren
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
April 4, 2018, 1:30 pm
Just how groundbreaking was the Saudi crown prince’s comment on Israel?
While some fete MBS’s affirmation of Israelis’ ‘right to have their own land’ as unprecedented, experts note that normalization is still far off
By Raphael Ahren
Participants attend the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championships, the first international chess competition held in Saudi Arabia, in the capital Riyadh on December 26, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
December 27, 2017, 2:19 am
Saudi ban on Israeli chess players underscores limits of Gulf relations
Seven competitors barred from international tournament were the latest pawns in a larger geopolitical game
By Judah Ari Gross
File: In this April 5, 2017 photo, released by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi King Salman, right, and then-defense minister and deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman wave as they leave the hall after talks with the British prime minister, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
June 20, 2017, 4:24 pm
Seeking Saudi friends, Israel must still bridge gulf with Palestinians
Reports of Riyadh’s willingness to establish economic ties with Jerusalem are likely premature, but current US peace push could yield first harbingers of normalization
By Raphael Ahren
Benjamin Netanyahu sitting in Knesset on June 1, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2016, 10:43 pm
Netanyahu tries to turn Arab Peace Initiative on its head
The Arab world has long conditioned normalized ties with Israel on a solution to the Palestinian conflict. The PM appears to be trying to reverse the process
By Raphael Ahren
United Monroe activists protest the planned annexation of 164 acres of their town by neighboring ultra-Orthodox Kiryas Joel. (courtesy)
October 8, 2015, 5:18 am
Fierce protest against Satmar annexation of NY town
An hour away from NYC, residents of Monroe fight a town vote to allow for ultra-Orthodox Kiryas Joel’s expansion onto 164 acres of its land
By Cathryn J. Prince
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, looks on, after signing an agreement in Doha, Qatar, Monday, February 6, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)
January 13, 2015, 8:42 pm
Despite his claims, unlikely Liberman convinced Qatar to boot Hamas head
Israel has almost no clout with Doha, and the FM saying he prodded the emirate’s crackdown on Islamists could actually sabotage the whole thing
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli soldiers next to a Merkava tank stationed at an army deployment area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 24, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Jack Guez)
August 5, 2014, 8:56 pm
With Gaza war ostensibly over, Israelis ask what’s next?
Some observers are sure that operation’s best possible outcome is a time-out, while others wonder how the Strip will be demilitarized
By Raphael Ahren
Then-prime minister Shimon Peres presents a sculpture of the dove of peace to Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said El Said in the palace in Salala, April 1, 1996. (Avi Ohayun/GPO)
August 9, 2013, 10:40 am
Israel and the Gulf states: It’s complicated
They have many common interests, but now more than ever, any rapprochement needs to remain secret, some officials say. So why did Jerusalem open a ‘virtual embassy’ in the Gulf?
By Raphael Ahren
US Secretary of State John Kerry with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani, second from left, and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby, April 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
May 1, 2013, 9:16 pm
Arab Peace Initiative, take 2: Major development or ‘scam’?
Could the amended formula for a two-state solution yield a breakthrough? The consensual answer seems to be, ‘Maybe, but…’
By Raphael Ahren
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is greeted by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah during his first official visit to Saudi Arabia, March 3, 2007 (AP)
August 21, 2012, 7:02 pm
For Saudi Arabia, despite Ahmadinejad’s visit, Iran remains ‘the snake’
The president’s trip to Mecca last week did nothing to ease the kingdom’s fears of Iranian expansionism
By Elhanan Miller
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