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Kushner’s plan aims to divide Palestinians from their leaders but fails to recognize that the people already resent their corrupt leadership—while failing to place any similar pressure on an Israeli prime minister under indictment.

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European leaders should not lend support to a Trump administration plan that dangles economic carrots to Palestinians while entrenching the Israeli occupation.

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Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt’s peace plan may not be the deal of the century, but there are interim steps that U.S. officials and Arab leaders could take to help stabilize the West Bank and Gaza.

Benjamin Netanyahu is building ties with anti-Iran Arab leaders from Riyadh to Doha and betting that a peace deal is no longer a necessary prerequisite for normalizing diplomatic ties.

Many Arab rulers have revealed their moral bankruptcy by rekindling ties with Syria and embracing a war criminal.

By allowing a refugee soccer player to remain stranded in Thailand, soccer’s governing body is scoring another own goal.

But strategic dialogues don’t come cheap.

Rainbow flags, political challengers, and citizenship laws are all in Cairo’s crosshairs.

The Sunni Gulf powers have long been spoiling for a fight with Iran. This could be just the excuse they need.

Years after promising democratic reforms, Bahrain’s government is going after its critics with a new vigor. How long will London and Washington hold their tongues?

Despite promises of change, abuses by police and security services remain commonplace in the kingdom.

What’s that sound you hear from the White House on the human rights abuses and brutal autocratic government in Manama? Silence.