Analysis

Expert on Russian Middle East policy says that “as frustrating as it will be to our Ukrainian and Western partners, Israel’s obscure position best serves its interests."

Comparing Israel to other Western countries fails basic logic. No other country in the West faces a persistent and severe threat that has been and could once again pose an existential threat.

Incensed by recent government gains in Yemen, the Iranians seek to intimidate the UAE into reversing course. It is therefore vital that at this juncture, both the US and Israel offer support for the UAE’s cause.

Next week, President Isaac Herzog is due to visit Abu Dhabi. The whirlwind of visits by senior Israeli officials are an indication of the stormy romance between the two countries, at the heart of which lie money, defense, and Iran.

Move will accelerate the fragmentation of the Sunni community, while Shiite Hezbollah is well positioned to capitalize on the change.  

The council held its regular meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drawing almost no top diplomats as planned, as the United States and the United Arab Emirates redirected the focus to other pressing concerns in the Middle East and around the world.

"The accusation that Israel is committing war crimes with plans to build an Arabic-language special-needs school for Israeli and Palestinian Arab residents of the neighborhood shows that European officials harbor equal contempt for common sense, international law and the Jewish state," Professor Avi Bell says.

The Iranian-backed terrorist group and the Shiite Amal party “have done everything possible in order to paralyze the government and impose their rule,” regional expert says. 

While Israel is held to an international double standard of morality, the IDF's commitment to the international laws of war is a long-term advantage.

The inherent political and economic complexities involved in crafting a defense doctrine in the coalition governance structure in Israel prevent the prime minister from simply committing such principles to paper, but it is imperative this mission is accomplished.