Arab states

Xi Jinping warns against great-power conflict in the Gulf as China, Oman eye trade pact

Last week, China's Foreign Ministry said the country will soon be dispatching its special envoys to the Middle East to promote engagement and de-escalation.

Signed documents are held for exchange at a signing ceremony during the state visit by Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China November 2, 2026.
Palestinians hurl rocks at Israeli security forces during clashes in the West Bank town of Hebron October 16, 2000.

The Palestinian national movement has yet to accept Israel’s right to exist - opinion

Colombia's President Abelardo De La Espriella speaks before visiting sites damaged by Monday's earthquake, in Manizales, Colombia, August 11, 2026.

Colombia sees criticism from Arab states after recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights

President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025; illustrative.

Egypt not Arab country using diplomacy to lower Israel's guard, Netanyahu adviser says


Arab Summit fails to give President Biden what he wants

Jeddah conference produced no strong public front on Iran, no regional security pact, nor any steps toward normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

 US President Joe Biden walks to board a plane following an Arab summit, at King Abdulaziz International Airprot, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022

Two major figures in Arab world visit Israel as the Middle East changes

Jerusalem hosts two historic visitors bearing the fruits of peace.

GYPT’S PETROLEUM and Mineral Resources Minister Tariq al-Mulla attends a news conference in Cairo in 2018.

Can Israel and Arab states trust each other? - opinion

It will not be easy, but it can be done.

The flags of the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain flutter along a road in Netanya, Israel September 14, 2020

Youth from Syria, Libya, Iraq, Gaza join Israeli start-up program

The guidance is provided by both Palestinians and Israelis.

Participants of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation's second cycle of Starting-Up Together.

Was the Arab Spring a revolution?

A decade after the Arab Spring’s eruption, the jury is still out about its effects

A protester stands in front of a burning barricade during a demonstration in Cairo on January 28, 2011

Voices from the Arab press: ‘Haj Muhammad Hitler’

A weekly selection of the opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

A TURKISH copy of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ on display at a bookstore in Istanbul.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran's bells and whistles

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

DEBRIS DOTS a Saudi Aramco oil company distribution station that Yemeni Houthis say they attacked, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24.

UN must recognize Jewish refugees from Arab countries – opinion

Entire communities from Morocco to Iraq, from Egypt to Syria, Lebanon, Iran and more were effectively wiped out.

Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan at the 75 UN General Assembly, September

Voices from the Arab press: The alleged victory against the United States

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

BURNING AMERICAN and Israeli flags in protest of talks on disputed maritime borders with Israel, in Naqoura near the Lebanese-Israeli border, November 11.

Arab survey: US can help solve Israel-Pal conflict, contain Iran

New poll on eve of US election shows Arab support for MidEast peace and US involvement but argues that previous US presidents have left the region worse off.

A US military vehicle is pictured behind the Turkish border walls during a joint US-Turkey patrol in northern Syria, 2019