Middle East

Israel will reopen the Rafah border crossing, but disputes remain

Middle East TA | AP Insight - December 3, 2025.

Israel said Wednesday that it would reopen the Rafah border crossing in the coming days, allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza. That could be a major development...

Guilty or not – Netanyahu's request to be pardoned is a test for Israel's democracy

Middle East TA | AP Insight - November 30, 2025.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges, seeking to end a long-running trial...

Peace and reconstruction still distant in Gaza five weeks into ceasefire

Middle East Sharmila Devi - November 21, 2025.

A bloody and potentially critical point in Gaza’s five-week “ceasefire” was reached this week when Israel killed at least 25 Palestinians in air strikes, saying...

The dangers of returning to the status quo ante in the Middle East

Middle East Ferry Biedermann - November 20, 2025.

After more than two years of horrific violence and hundreds of thousands killed and wounded, Israel has not decisively changed the balance of power on...

US-Saudi Agreement - The Kingdom becomes the central stabilising power of the Middle East

Middle East Nawaf Obaid - November 19, 2025.

Yesterday's signing at the White House between President Donald J. Trump and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman formalises the “U.S.–Saudi Strategic Defence and Security Cooperation...

Investigation or cover-up - outrage in Israel due to the investigation of responsibility for the attack on October 7

Middle East TA | AP Insight - November 17, 2025.

After repeated delays, Israel’s government has agreed to launch an investigation into the government failures that led to the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023,...

Unpopular and politically weak Mahmoud Abbas struggles for a role in Gaza

Middle East TA | AP Insight - November 15, 2025.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel,...

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