Middle East

Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad in the interview with Lebanese channel LBC on October 24. Photo: Screenshot/X

November 10, 2023, 7:27 am

Hamas official vows multiple attacks on Israel

"We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do it twice and three times."

By GIANLUCA PACCHIANI and Michael Bachner

Israeli forces make their way to the scene of an anti-tank guide missile attack from Lebanon on a vehicle near Kibbutz Yiftah, near the border with Lebanon, November 5, 2023. (The Times of Israel: David Cohen/Flash90)

November 6, 2023, 11:15 am

Israeli civilian killed in anti-tank missile attack from Lebanon amid escalation

Rocket blast hits car in Kiryat Shmona; IDF says reservist soldier dies of wounds after accidental tank roll-over last week.

By EMANUEL FABIAN and RICKY BEN-DAVID

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

November 3, 2023, 6:35 am

500 terrorists trained in Iran for attack

A week earlier, Blinken said that the US does not have "direct evidence that Iran was involved in the attack, either in planning it or carrying it out. But that could change".

By AJN STAFF

Fauda co-creators Avi Issacharoff (left) and Lior Raz.
Photo: AP Photo/Oded Balilty via Times of Israel

October 30, 2023, 6:41 am

Fauda nearly predicted the Hamas invasion

The idea of a terrorist invasion for the show's fifth season seemed completely outlandish, said Issacharoff. It didn't seem plausible that Hamas could have the weaponry, intent or ability, he said.

By AJN STAFF

Action! Film and War exhibition lead curator Daniel Eisenberg.

October 6, 2023, 6:06 am

Film-focused exhibition coming to Sydney

“Film footage about war makes it real and emotive, and it connects and places people into another world – a place that hopefully most of us never have to be.”

By Shane Desiatnik

Israeli Tourism Minister Chaim Katz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 26.
Photo: Courtesy Chaim Katz

September 28, 2023, 9:46 am

Edging closer to normalisation

Israeli Tourism Minister Chaim Katz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a United Nations conference, becoming the first Israeli minister to lead a delegation to the kingdom.

By LAZAR BERMAN, Jacob Magid and TOI STAFF

US President Joe Biden addresses the 78th UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City. Photo: Timothy Clary/AFP

September 28, 2023, 6:59 am

Biden: Israel normalisation delivering results

The main architect of the initiative, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Sven Koopmans, said that the plan's contributors are "envisaging … what regionally and globally everybody would contribute..."

By AJN STAFF

September 10, 2023, 7:23 am

A vision to share tradition and heritage

"It is only by preserving our traditions, that we can ensure a lasting legacy for future generations," Levy said. "Our vision is to preserve, value, share and entrust our Sephardi traditions and cultural heritage."

By Carol Saffer

From left: US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022.
Photo: Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP, File

August 6, 2023, 7:04 am

The potential for Saudi-Israel normalisation

What the US really wants is a complete severance of the growing ties between Saudi Arabia and China, and between the Saudis and the Iranians.

By Tal Schneider

Dennis Ross speaking at the Gandel Oration.

July 9, 2023, 7:15 am

A chat with Ross

Former US chief Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross was US president Bill Clinton's Middle East envoy and helped shepherd the 1995 Interim Agreement and the 1997 Hebron Accord.

By AJN STAFF

Mahmoud Abbas (left) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 14.
Photo: Jade Gao/Pool/AFP

June 26, 2023, 7:12 am

China signs ‘strategic partnership’ with PA

China has appointed a special envoy to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials, but its experience in the region is mainly limited to construction, manufacturing and other economic projects.

By AJN STAFF

Antony Blinken at the AIPAC policy summit in Washington.
Photo: Mandel Ngan / AFP

June 12, 2023, 7:04 am

US to push Saudi-Israel ties

"The United States has a real national security interest in promoting normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia," he said.

By Jacob Magid

Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) receives a delegation representing various Arab parliaments in Damascus, February 26, 2023. Photo: SANA via AP

June 1, 2023, 1:29 pm

Part of a much larger game

The renewed Syrian membership in the Arab league, comes after Damascus was banned from it for the last 12 years, due to the brutal acts the regime carried out during the civil war.

By Dror Doron

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center Pavilion at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 10, 2017. Albright has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

March 24, 2022, 10:30 am

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies of cancer

As Clinton’s top diplomat, Albright led US efforts to broker Israel-Palestinian, Israel-Syria peace; she described discovering her Jewish heritage late in life as a gift

By AJN STAFF

From left: Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan wave from the
Truman Balcony at the White House after the signing of the Abraham Accords. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP

September 30, 2021, 3:37 pm

Becker: Abraham Accords could influence Palestinians over time

By AJN STAFF