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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks as he chairs the first weekly cabinet meeting of the new government in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2021. (Getty)

Challenges Facing New Israeli Govt

Tel Aviv- Since the Bennett-Lapid coalition government was sworn in, security and political circles have been busy developing work strategies that would enable them to address the new situation in…

Amal Shahada

The First ‘Warm’ Arab-Israeli Peace Deal

Israel, theUnited Arab Emiratesand Bahrain have signed landmark agreements to establish formal relations, ending a decades-old taboo in Arab diplomacy as power and priorities shift in the Middle East…

Al Majalla - London
A picture taken on October 17, 2015 shows a worker walking past solar mirrors at the Noor 1 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, some 20km (12.5 miles) outside the central Moroccan town of Ouarzazate. (Getty)

Nothing but Sun and Sand

Natural resources are a funny thing in the Middle East; some states in the region suffer from a general scarcity of water while others have abundant sources of water. The presence of oil has brought…

Ali El Shamy
A Hezbollah fighter stands in front of anti-tank artillery at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border. (Reuters)

The Lebanese Shia Are not Ready for War

The possibility for a Hezbollah-Israel war has grown immensely after two Israeli drones exploded in Lebanon’s southern suburbs – Hezbollah’s stronghold – earlier this month. As tension builds up on…

Hanin Ghaddar
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An Egypt-Türkiye reset could anchor a new regional order

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Katrina Poladjan on unpacking the past to know the present

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