As Israel launches a historic normalization process with Arab countries that could change the face of the Middle East, more and more voices are challenging the identification of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as the Quranic Al-Aqsa and arguing that it is actually located in Saudi Arabia.
Israel and Saudi Arabia have been undergoing the same processes that took place between Israel and other Gulf states. But Saudi Arabia, at least for now, is stopping short of normalization.
If there aren't enough vaccines for everyone, how do we decide who gets them? And what do we do about people who don't want to be vaccinated?
The Palestinian leadership faces a critical test: A durable peace with Israel with broad Arab backing is now possible, but only if the PA and the PLO cut their links with the Iranian regime, Islamist Turkey and their radical terror proxies and allied groups.
Israel remembers the part US President-elect Joe Biden played in the infamous UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which declared Israeli settlements "illegal," but also VP-elect Kamala Harris' work in the Senate against that resolution. Meanwhile, associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are saying, "Biden is not Obama."
Many see Hizb ut-Tahrir (Islamic Liberation Party) has existed for nearly 70 years and operates in 50 countries. A number of European and Arab countries have outlawed it, but Israel prefers to allow it to continue operating openly.
The daily cartoon in Arab media is much more than just another section in a newspaper. At times, illustrators are voices for the leaders, and sometimes they are a voice for the simple people, who pay a price for their courage with their health and even their lives. Noam Benat, an expert on the Middle East and Islam, says that a good cartoon is more powerful than any opinion piece.
No one ever thought any election campaign could be more chaotic than the one seen in 2016 – then came 2020 with the global pandemic, a renewed outbreak of racial tensions, and record-breaking political polarization in the US. Compared to all of this, the Trump-Clinton campaign seems like child's play.
Statistician Nate Silver became a cultural icon in 2008, and also an enemy of the press and politicians. After the failed prediction of 2016, the coming elections are giving Trump many reasons to mock him.
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