Keeping up with, and understanding, developments in the Middle East is never an easy task, but more and more intriguing happenings beg for attention in the news! The Times of Israel is reporting a second round of Israeli airstrikes near Damascus in the past 3 days. After hitting a military base thought to be occupied …
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Rhetoric from Middle Eastern leaders is heated and, in some cases, diametrically opposed when it comes to Israel. Just yesterday I highlighted a Kuwaiti writer's clear conviction that Israel is an independent sovereign state with every right to live in their land. However, in a Tuesday phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, Israeli Prime …
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While not extremely rare, it is a privilege reserved for few: a foreign dignitary speaking before another country's parliament. Yet, US Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to address the Israeli Knesset (similar to Congress in the US) on December 18, marking the first time a US official has done so since George W Bush's …
Wow! Following Sunday's devastating earthquake on the Iran-Iraq border, Israel did what they always do: offered search and rescue and humanitarian aid in the midst of disaster. Sadly, both Iran and Iraq have refused the efforts of the world's foremost first responders. (See examples here and here.) The deadly 7.3 quake has now taken the lives …
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