Ahmed Charai

Dr. Ahmed Charai is Chairman and CEO of Global Media Holding, a publishing and broadcasting conglomerate. He is also a Mideast policy advisor in Washington whose articles have appeared in The New York Times, Politico, The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Foreign Policy, National Interest, The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, and more. He is on the board of directors of many thinks tanks including the Atlantic Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, International Crisis Group, International Center for Journalists, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Center for National Interest, and the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

US President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset following Hamas's release of the remaining 20 live hostages from Gaza, October 13, 2025.

A moment of forgiveness and vision: What Trump’s words really meant for Israel - opinion

President Isaac Herzog visits soldiers in Gaza, July 23 2025

Israel's moral dilemma: Being a picture of morality or destroying Hamas - opinion

 Ahmed Charai CEO of World Herald Tribune

TV Abraham: Shaping the Strategic & Economic Future of the Abraham Accords


Why Jared Kushner’s return matters for Jews, Arabs, and Muslims alike - opinion

Leaders who can foster hope and progress across communities are needed for the future of the Middle East.

 Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka look on as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses supporters at his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024.

Amid China's Saudi-Iran deal, Israel and US must find a way forward - opinion

Returning to the accords and animating the idea of shared prosperity would unify Arab countries and break down the resistance of those who were skeptical.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, in November. A China-dominated Middle East would threaten US trade and national security, says the writer.

Morocco’s World Cup achievement also has greater implications - opinion

Simple human joy of victory: Arabs and Jews celebrate side-by-side with no one staging it for the world’s cameras.

 Morocco's success in the Qatar World Cup has profound implications.

The strength of democracy -opinion

Doubters and critics have thrown shade on democracy for centuries. Yet, these two elections in two different lands show that democratic institutions can endure in the face of bitter differences.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets a US congressional delegation at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, in 2017. America and Israel should not doubt the strength of their democracies, says the writer

Israeli PM Lapid's first challenge: Netanyahu, the unvanquished foe - opinion

At the center of the coalition needs to be a genuine leader, visionary and man of action. Can the leader be found and the coalition forged?

 MEMBERS OF the Bennett-Lapid cabinet pose for a photo with then-president Reuven Rivlin, after their inauguration, in June 2021.

Muslims must help stop terrorism - opinion

The Palestinian Authority and many in the Palestinian public see terrorism as legitimate resistance.

 Members of Israeli ZAKA team clean blood from the site after a shooting terror attack on Dizengoff street on April 8, 2022 in Tel Aviv

Volodymyr Zelensky, the making of a modern Winston Churchill - opinion

No Hollywood producer could have made a war epic to top Zelensky’s selfie video from the heart of Kyiv. “We are here,” he said. “We are in Kyiv. We protect Ukraine.”

 UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Canadian parliament via video link on Tuesday.

Abraham Accords herald a new normal for Israel, Arab allies - opinion

Sometimes things that suddenly seem normal tell you how the world has changed.

 JARED KUSHNER arrives with his wife and fellow senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, for the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords at the White House last year.

How can we help protect Afghan women from the Taliban? - opinion

For two decades, the Taliban have been biding their time in Pakistani madrassas, debating, arguing, planning. In those long years, they learned no moderation.

 AFGHAN WOMEN, clad in burkas, stand outside a shop at a market in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Biden should support Israel’s novel experiment in coalition management

Among the many contentious issues the new government now faces, two in particular will test its ability to forge compromise across a fractured ideological landscape.

DEFENSE MINISTER Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend a plenary session in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 28.