TOI STAFF and AFP ABU DHABI — November 22, 2021 — Largest-ever Jerusalem / Amman deal will see United Arab Emirates firm build plant in Jordan from which Israel will buy electricity; desalination plant in Israel will send water to Jordan Israel and Jordan on Monday signed their largest-ever cooperation agreement, which will see the construction of a major solar …
By Times of Israel and Agence France Presse
U.S.-Jordan Defense Pact Good for Israel, Stability in Mideast
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
AMMAN, JORDAN / JNS — March 26, 2021 — “The new agreement reflects Jordan’s increasing importance as a logistical and operative center in anticipation of further U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and Syria at a time when the need for a U.S. military presence increases rather than decreases,” said Hillel Frisch. The Jordanian government publicly acknowledged a new defense agreement …
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Will Hamas and Fatah Unite in Force as Israel Develops Ties to Arab Word?
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
SUMMARY: The Faatah-led Palestinian authority “has hit rock bottom and is in its worst political position since the first Gulf War, said Middle East expert Ido Zelkovitz. The recent deals to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Israel and Bahrain, have led many to conclude that the Arab-Israeli conflict has reached a significant turning point. With …
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Arab Enabling Prevents Peace
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — September 17, 2020 — Like most Israelis, I was glued to the TV listening to the speeches and watching the ceremony of the signing of declarations of peace between Israel and both the UAE and Bahrain. Historic is an understatement. It brought me back to the day in March 1979 when Israel signed the Camp David Accords …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
The 1.5-State Solution
By SETH FRANTZMAN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — August 18, 2020 — The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian century of conflict is back on the agenda in recent months because of converging controversies and developments. First, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been flirting with annexation of part of the West Bank, which Israel’s peace partners and adversaries warned could spell the end to a …
By SETH FRANTZMAN
With Israel Bombing Syria: Trump to Announce “Deal of the Century”
By DAVID RUBIN, Former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — January 24, 2019 —With details leaking out and creating a bit of an uproar in Israel, as well as angry, defiant comments from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has confirmed President Trump’s intention to reveal his peace plan, known as “The Deal of the Century”, shortly after Israel’s April 9th elections. Simultaneously, Israel …
By DAVID RUBIN, Former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel
Is The Enemy Of My Enemy, My Friend?
By DAVID RUBIN, Former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel
Pompeo’s Anti-Iran Conference: Israel Invited Together with Arab Countries David Rubin Can Be Heard Discussing the Issues Here on the Westchester On the Level Radio Broadcast Heard on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 “Live” or “On Demand” Using the Following Hyperlink: http://tobtr.com/s/11153287 JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — January 14, 2019 — In a bold move designed to further the Trump doctrine in the …
By DAVID RUBIN, Former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel
MIDDLE EAST FORUM: The Double-Edged Sword of Jihad By RAYMOND IBRAHIM
Islamic nations are again learning that the jihad is a volatile instrument of war that can easily backfire on those who preach it; that “holy war” is hardly limited to fighting and subjugating “infidels”—whether the West in general, Israel in particular, or the millions of non-Muslim minorities under Islam—but can also be used to fight “apostates,” that is, Muslims accused …