The Middle East experienced a year of intense activity. With 2023 drawing to a close, experts reviewing the region’s changes agree that the Israel-Gaza war, sparked by Hamas’s terrorist incursion on October 7, was the year’s most significant event. However, this was not the only significant development. For more stories from The Media Line … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu faces a new crisis, this time involving his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, and War Cabinet member, as well as one-time political rival, Benny Gantz. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The prime minister is under increasing domestic pressure due to security and intelligence lapses on … Read more
The Gaza war is universally rejectedAl-Ahram, Egypt, December 19 In a time of crisis, both David Cameron, the British foreign secretary, and Annalena Baerbock, his German counterpart, have called for a two-state solution in the Middle East once the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip concludes. These ministers have expressed their deep distress over … Read more
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has rendered nearly 2 million Gazans homeless and resulted in thousands of casualties and injuries. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org When this report was recorded, the Red Crescent, associated with the International Red Cross, had said that since the onset of the conflict, … Read more
Details of the mistakes Israel made leading up to the Hamas atrocities of Oct. 7 are coming to light. Israeli investigative reporter Ronen Bergman has recently published two jaw-dropping articles about how much Hamas knew and how Israeli intelligence warnings were ignored—because of the mistaken “concept” that Hamas could be domesticated and transformed into … Read more
Arab Peace Initiative: Only solution for peace Al-Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, December 14 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Nearly two decades after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presented the Arab League with its peace initiative, one must ask: Has a better solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict been proposed since? This … Read more
In light of the constant Houthi attacks on commercial vessels sailing near Yemen’s coasts, several shipping companies have announced in recent days that they will halt their ship flow through the Suez Canal until sailing in the Red Sea is safe again. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org If this … Read more
In a bold and rare move, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter to expedite action by the UN Security Council on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. This provision, dormant for decades, empowers the secretary-general to highlight issues posing threats to international peace and security. For more stories from The … Read more
There have been at least three instances of attacks against commercial shipping vessels sailing off the coast of Yemen and Oman since Wednesday. The ongoing surge of maritime assaults by the Yemen-based Houthis has prompted US officials to escalate calls for a bolstered multinational naval force in the region, a prospect denounced by Iran. … Read more
