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Yoni Ben Menachem

Yoni Ben Menachem, a veteran Arab affairs and diplomatic commentator for Israel Radio and Television, is a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center. He served as director general and chief editor of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Assad to continue in office, but America has taken a firm stance against a presidential election in Syria.
Ongoing demonstrations against King Abdullah II threaten the stability of the Kingdom. Jordan urgently needs health and economic assistance.
As the planned Palestinian elections approach, P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas is looking to prevent, using every means at his disposal, the participation of Dahlan’s “Democratic Reform Bloc.”
Tehran will use President Joe Biden’s desire to end the war in Yemen to convince America to lift sanctions and return to the 2015 nuclear deal.
The longtime politician was angry at Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas for not appointing her to succeed Saeb Erekat as head of the negotiating team with Israel.
There is serious concern among the terror organization’s leadership that the normalization agreement will paralyze its activities in the North African country.
The arrest of Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting head of the Muslim Brotherhood and commander of its military wing, following a years-long manhunt is a significant operational and intelligence success.
Everyone in Lebanon assumes the investigation into the catastrophe will ignore what is known to every child in the country: Hezbollah controls the port of Beirut.
Public outrage forces the Palestinian Authority to respond quickly after news of senior political appointments leaks via social media.
Israel must make it clear to Europe that negotiations are the only acceptable path toward Palestinian statehood.
Israel’s policy of breaking the linkage between the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and normalizing ties with the Arab world will help lead to full normalization.
Israel is attempting to limit the current military confrontation to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad front only—but it’s not the only one calling the shots.