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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper (second from left) meets with Tunisian President Kais Saied (right), at Carthage Palace, Tunisia, Sept. 30, 2020. Credit: Lisa Ferdinando/DoD via Wikimedia Commons.

The president of Tunisia slanders the Jews

Faced with demonstrations against economic mismanagement, President Kais Saied did what Arab presidents and kings who need to divert attention always do: He blamed the Jews.

BESA Center

March 3, 2021

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Feb. 12, 2018. Credit: U.N./Mohammed Al Deghaishim.

Denial of citizenship as a weapon of repression

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia recently revoked the citizenship of individuals whose “sin” was a connection to Judaism and a pro-Israeli attitude.

January 23, 2020

The Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Jan. 6, 2019. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Will Mideast Christians share the fate of the Jews of Arab countries?

Against the backdrop of the persecution of Christians in the Middle East in general and in the P.A.-controlled territories in particular, it is worth recalling a famous Muslim saying: “First, we’ll take care of the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.”

July 21, 2019

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers hold candles outside Deir Al-Sultan in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 27, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

The persecution of Christians in the PA must stop

The ongoing international neglect of the plight of the Christians under Palestinian Authority rule could lead to the disappearance of Christianity in its very birthplace.

May 27, 2019

Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

A new era in Israel-Gulf State relations

It appears the people of the Gulf have adopted a new stance, having opened their eyes to the illusion of opposition to and war against Israel. They understood that their support for the Palestinians is detrimental to them, including from a financial perspective.

April 3, 2019

Palestinian demonstrators attend a protest in Gaza City against increasingly severe economic conditions in the Gaza Strip, on Feb. 24, 2019. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Gazans want to live

Many believe that this is the spark that will trigger an all-out conflagration in Gaza against the terrorist organization, which rules with an iron fist.

March 19, 2019

Members of Hamas's security forces patrol an area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Gaza as an ‘International Quarantine Zone’

This would hardly be the first political use of the quarantine institution, which is a foreign-policy tool designated by international law.

February 10, 2019

Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2014. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

The false promise of peace with Arab countries

It Is evident that our neighbors are only interested in making peace with us because they are in distress.

January 28, 2019

U.N. observers posted on Mount Bental overlooking the border with Syria in the Golan Heights in northern Israel on May 10, 2018. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.

When Palestinian blood isn’t equal

When Palestinians are killed by other Arabs, evidently no one cares—not in the Arab world and not among the Palestinians themselves.

August 8, 2018