Israel-UAE Peace Deal Challenges Iranian, Muslim Brotherhood Camps

By Yaakov Lappin September 1, 2020 Flags of Israel and the UAE flown together in Netanya, Israel, August 2020, image via Wikipedia   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,724, September 1, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel takes Jerusalem’s cooperation with Sunni Arab states out of the […]

Threading the Middle East Needle

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command conduct a joint-security patrol in Syria, August 23, 2020. (Sergeant Brendan Custer/USMC) Russia harasses U.S. forces in Syria as Iran grabs Iraq. Russian forces in Syria are seeking to escalate tensions with U.S. forces there at the same time as […]

Iran’s Khamenei says UAE recognition of Israel is ‘treason’

The United Arab Emirates has betrayed the Islamic world and the Palestinians by reaching a deal toward normalizing ties with Israel, Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a speech on Tuesday. “Of course, the UAE’s betrayal will not last long, but this stigma will always be remembered. They allowed the Zionist regime […]

Waqf fills hole on Temple Mount, possibly hiding archaeological treasures

“The finds on the mountain reflect 3,000 years of Jewish activity at the site, and every pit dug in the site could shed light on thousands of years of Jewish history.” The Waqf filled in a hole that opened in the Temple Mount floor with concrete on Tuesday, raising concerns that possible archaeological findings may […]

UAE-Israel deal has guarantee that annexation not happening, UAE official say

Stopping sovereignty moves was “prerequisite” for normalization, UAE official says, and confirms F-35 sale was not part of the deal. LAHAV HARKOV SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 13:45 Israel and the United States have promised the United Arab Emirates that Jerusalem will not annex parts of the West Bank as a guarantee for normalizing relations between the countries, […]

UAE “Betrayed” Muslim World With Israel Deal, Says Iran’s Supreme Leader

“The #UAE betrayed the world of Islam, the Arab nations, the region’s countries, and #Palestine. Of course, this betrayal won’t last long,” Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, according to his official Twitter account. “Betrayal won’t last long,” Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote on twitter. (File) Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali […]

With the UAE deal, the BDS movement is over

The normalization agreement between the UAE and Israel has effectively ended the racist BDS movement. By EMILY SCHRADER SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 10:09 With the recent developments between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, it’s become clearer than ever that there’s no future for the discriminatory and racist Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. From its inception, […]

Erdoğan believes he is restoring Turkey to greatness. Is he?

The Erdoğan vision is to recreate the period of Turkish and Ottoman greatness. MICAH HALPERN AUGUST 31, 2020 20:29 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was the founder of modern-day Turkey. Now, almost 100 years after serving as the first president of the Republic of Turkey, Ataturk is having a resurrection – of sorts. Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]

Turkey has no interest in peace in the Eastern Med

Turkey’s misguided vision of Pan-Islamism brings with it a culturally dominant form of political Islam and militant Jihadism EDY COHEN AUGUST 31, 2020 21:10 Turkey’s recent antics in the Eastern Mediterranean are giving serious cause for alarm to both Israel and the wider region’s key powers, as it seeks to outcast itself from any sort […]

Iran nuclear deal parties meet to try to save accord amid US pressure

Signatories to the agreement will hold talks as Tehran continues to ramp up nuclear activities AgenciesTOI staffToday, 8:57 am The signatories to the faltering Iran nuclear deal will meet in Vienna on Tuesday as the US is urging international sanctions on the Islamic republic to be reimposed and an arms embargo to be extended. Britain, […]

Russian and Turkish forces carry out first joint military exercise in Syria

2020-09-01 BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – On Monday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that soldiers from Russia and Turkey carried out their first joint exercise in Syria, in which they were trained to target armed groups that reject reconciliation. The director of the Hmeimim Center for Reconciliation in Syria, Major General Alexander Greenkiewicz, said, […]

11 dead in alleged Israeli airstrikes in Syria – report

While Syrian officials are accusing Israel of being behind the attack, the IDF has yet to comment or confirm. JERUSALEM POST STAFF SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 10:46 Eleven people were killed in alleged Israeli airstrikes near Damascus on Monday night, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Syrian air defenses intercepted missiles over the […]