Middle east peace talks

When refusal becomes a strategy - opinion

The Islamic Republic isn’t serious when it says it won’t participate in the US talks in Pakistan. Rather, it is leveraging refusal as a strategy

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Pakistan army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran last week.
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2025.

Lebanon's President Aoun says country ready for agreement to end Israeli strikes - AP

Loay Alshareef is an Arab Muslim peace advocate, historian, and social media influencer

Abraham Accords are no longer Arab–Israeli accords - opinion

 IRAN’S LATE SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, last month. It doesn’t matter at all to Iran and Hamas if Israel agrees to political and territorial concessions, says the writer.

Unyielding reality: why an Islamic Middle East rejects Israel - opinion


As U.S. pushes for Mideast peace, Saudi king reassures allies

The Palestinian ambassador to Riyadh, Basem Al-Agha, told Reuters that King Salman had expressed support for Palestinians in a recent meeting with Abbas.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a reception ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 7, 2017

Terra Incognita: Western policy makers, stop being obsessed with ‘solutions’ in the Middle East

The key is to accept that some things are not “solvable” and hybrid structures and new paradigms are a good thing.

A tile design with the map of the world

Yael's corner: Through the eyes of a deeper truth

Children studying (illustrative)

Rivlin to AIPAC: Tell Obama administration to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Rivlin said PA President Abbas, whom he referred to as “my good friend,” did not want to negotiate with Israel on a two-state solution unless there was parity between Israel and the Palestinians.

President Reuven Rivlin visits Border Police officers at a checkpoint near Jerusalem

Canada recognizes Jewish refugees expelled from Mideast, N. Africa

Ottawa accepts recommendation of committee which found that Jewish population in countries in question went from 856,000 before 1948 to only 4,315 in 2012.

Jewish refugees from Yemen cross desert 370