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Martin S Indyk, director of the Saban Centre for Middle East Policy at the Brookings, speaks at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on 19 September 2006. Ken Cedeno/Bloomberg via Getty Images

How I knew the late US-Middle East envoy Martin Indyk

A poignant personal tribute to a veteran American diplomat from a protégé who became a friend.

Bilal Saab 26 July 2024
US President Harry Truman (left) with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in the Oval Office on May 8, 1951. AP

Examining the evolution of US-Israeli relations

Israel's interests, particularly in displacing Palestinians and annexing their land, are at odds with America's interests which require peace in the Middle East

Hesham Alghannam 13 January 2024
Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh walks during an official military welcome ceremony

Djibouti, the "Guardian Eye" of Bab al-Mandab

Despite a population of just over a millioninhabitants and an area of 23,000 square kilometres, Djibouti, situated on the Bab al-Mandab Strait, one of the most vital waterways in the world, is…

Ahmed Madbouly 11 December 2020

Jewish and Arab Doctors United Against a Common Foe

What would happen if Arab doctors decided to stay at home? This is a question which former director of the Mossad, Efraim Halevy, posed amidst the current Coronavirus pandemic. Efraim was referring…

Amal Shahada 24 April 2020

Arab-Israeli Reconciliation Brought to You by the Coronavirus

A few weeks on from the coronavirus outbreak in Israel, a state of rift, disagreement, and anger continues among the Isreali community and its official institutions concerning the battle…

Amal Shahada 03 April 2020
 White House US Senior Advisor Jared Kushner attends the conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, on February 14, 2019. (Getty)

Jared Kushner to Majalla: “If Palestinians Come to the Table, the U.S. Will Be Flexible”

Speaking in a private, on-the-record briefing Wednesday, Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, described aspects of the newly released White House peace plan as an “amazing…

Mostafa El-Dessouki 31 January 2020

It is Time for the Palestinians to Adopt a Smart Approach

We now know that the long-awaited Trump peace plan is going to be presented very soon. Without knowing what is in it, it is hard to evaluate it. Repeatedly, Mahmoud Abbas has said he will reject it…

Dennis Ross 27 January 2020

Trump's Middle East Peace Plan Faces Major Challenges

Following a long period of anticipation and repeated delays, US officials have announced that they will hold an economic workshop in Bahrain in late June as the first step in the administration…

Yasmine El Geressi 07 June 2019

Trump’s Secret Middle East Peace Plan

Developed in secrecy for the past two years, the Trump administrations’ long-awaited peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is set to be unveiled sometime in June. US officials…

Yasmine El Geressi 10 May 2019
US President Donald J Trump (L) and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner meet with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) at the King David Hotel May 22, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Getty)

What We Know So Far About Trump’s “Deal of the Century”

The Trump administration is beginning to prepare its allies for a spring release of its long-awaited “ultimate deal” for Middle East peace. President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in…

Yasmine El Geressi 12 April 2019
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