Strenuous Israeli diplomacy with Egypt and Jordan defuses escalating disputes over Gaza, Temple Mount
Israel’s Mossad Director Yossie Cohen and National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabat were able to avert violent blow-ups around the Gaza
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Abdullah cuts down Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel, while reorienting his policy on détente with Turkey, Syria, Qatar
Jordan’s King Abdullah notified Israel on Sunday, Oct. 21, that he will not renew two annexes of the peace treaty
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Trump’s peace plan for two Palestinian states kicked off by fuel trucks for Gaza
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu won praise from US special ME negotiator Jason Greenblatt for letting the Qatar-funded fuel trucks go
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The US liquidates its two main Mid East air bases at Incirlik and Al-Udeid
Plans to speed up the transfer of the big US CENTCOM base in Qatar to Saudi Arabia were approved by
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Abbas’ ultimatum to Trump: Choose between a Palestinian Jerusalem or war
Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas kicked back hard after grasping he was confronted with an orderly, Arab-backed US peace plan that left
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Why Have Four Presidents plus Two Arab Rulers Got Nowhere in the Qatar Dispute?
Four presidents, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron and Tayyip Erdogan, two Arab rulers, the King of Morocco and Emir
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Four Arab Nations Mass Military against Qatar
In an attempt to prevent the Saudi-led Arab dispute with Qatar from bursting out of control, President Donald Trump spoke
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Turkey Joins Iran’s Anti-US Ranks on Burning Regional Issues
Turkey, the Middle East’s perennial odd man out, has just jumped into bed with his latest significant other, Iran. Their
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Washington Speaks with Two Voices on Qatar Crisis. Doha’s Elders Take Charge
Three weeks into the Gulf dispute sparked by the decision of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE to impose
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Al Qaeda’s Leader Offers Muslim Brothers Partnership-in-Terror
Al Qaeda’s chief Dr. Ayman Al Zuwahiri began his jihadist career in the radical Egyptian Islamic Jihad movement, which despised
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