Middle East / Levant

The sale would contradict a deeply embedded doctrine regarding Israeli security, namely that the IDF must be technologically superior to all the other countries in the Middle East (the “qualitative military edge” doctrine).

There are a number of different nuclear facilities in the Saudi desert, and no one really knows what is going on in any of them at the moment.

"This situation has been in existence already 70 years. . . It’s extremely difficult for it to just pass by, like night and day."

Israel says Hezbollah was involved in the assassination and tampered with the investigation.

The flight time over Saudi Arabia between Israel and the UAE will be cut substantially, to about 3 hours.

In a region where political stability can end abruptly with a coup d'état or an invasion, those upgraded weapons can find themselves in the warehouses of those enemies of Israel and the region.

A Sudanese diplomat praised the UAE’s move to sign a peace treaty with Israel, describing it as "bold and courageous that charts the right course for the rest of the Arab countries."

It should be noted that neither Hezbollah nor Syria were under indictment before the special tribunal, only four named Hezbollah members.

In an unusual move, the Prime Minister's office released a detailed denial to the report that Prime Minister Netanyahu approved the US sale of...

Since 1994, the UAE was one of the exceptions to the absolute Israeli objection against Arab states acquiring advance US weaponry.

"The role of the UNIFIL force is to prevent these operations and to prevent Hezbollah from turning southern Lebanon into its own terrorist base."

The invitation was written in Arabic.

Muslims at Al Aqsa (on the Temple Mount) have threatened to assault and mistreat any Muslim who visits the holy site under Israeli auspices.

A scan of Monday's Arab press shows a general loss of interest in the Israel-UAE peace, and certainly no mention of the PA's rage.

Needless to say, the good doctor's tweets were received with torrents of anger and rejection by countless Arab Twitter users, and love and appreciation by Israelis.

The Iranian military leadership made direct and blatant threats to the Gulf states and in particular to the United Arab Emirates.

“We’ll be doing a snapback. You’ll be watching it next week,” says the U.S. president.

Netanyahu has by now twice defied a longstanding fundamental strategy that insists the IDF must possess military equipment and technology that is superior to all the other powers in the region.

The UAE censored Israeli websites and blocked phone calls to and from Israel.

The exceptional thing about the rabbi's teaching, besides the high value he places on the new relations, is the fact that Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has long been associated with a staunch, anti-Arab ideology.

Asked for his opinion about the United Arab Emirates’ peace treaty with Israel, Aoun said the UAE “is an independent country.”

“The Security Council’s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable.”

The administration hopes the seizures will deter shipping companies from dealing with Iran and Venezuela.

On Friday, the King of Bahrain spoke with the Crown Prince of the UAE, Muhammad bin Zayed, and congratulated him on "the achievement of the historic step towards peace."

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday welcomed the deal.

In short, Thursday night's announcement has the potential of making pro-settlements Jews miss the Oslo accords, which at least awarded Israel complete control over Area C.

“Turkey must reverse course on this destabilizing action to renew the United States’ confidence in our defense relationship,” according to Michael McCaul (R-Texas).

We condemn every form of normalization with the occupation, which we consider a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause,” said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum in a statement.

Assad, 54, started looking tired about 30 minutes into his speech, stopping twice for a water break.

Between 500 and 600 Azerbaijani Jews marched along the Old City of Jaffa and then demonstrated outside of the Armenian Cultural Center and the Armenian Church.