Historically, Saudi Arabia was a loyal U.S. proxy, but increasingly Riyadh has been maintaining a more non-aligned foreign policy. And a very big reason for that is that China is now the biggest trading partner of many of the countries in the region. For a decade, China has been the l...
European nations are the largest financial supporters of the Palestinian cause, providing more cash than the United States and far more than wealthy Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia (source: the "Building the State" section of www.pna.net). Europeans expect Jews fleeing Israel either to be ...
“There are ground units of the [Israel Defense Forces] that are expanding the activity in northern Gaza, we’re operating there with what we call joint combat teams, on the ground, joint in the sense of ground forces, air and sea cooperating together, seeking to establish contact with the...
Saudi Arabia warns Israel on the danger of continued ground operations in Gaza Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry released a statement on Saturday condemning any ground operations by Israeli forces that may threaten the lives of Palestinian civilians. “The Kingdom condemns and denounces the ground op...
Historical sites in Israel are not limited to Jerusalem. Take a tour to Bethlehem to see the 4th-century Church of the Nativity built to mark the site of Christ’s birth. In the north, is the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth an...
Iran and Hamas also staunchly oppose the growing prospect of a historic peace deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia - something which might be thwarted if Israel's military response to the attacks provokes widespread anger in the Arab world. ...
At present the administration is trying to get Saudi Arabia to sign an accord with Israel in exchange for a two state solution. Palestine and Israel peacefully coexisting side by side. In the latest poll, which came out two weeks ago, over 73% of all Palestinians in the West Bank (Judaea...
In effect, Obama is trading U.S. support for Saudi aggression in a neighboring country for what he hopes might be some political space for the Iran-nuclear agreement. New Terrorist Gains Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf allies, along with Turkey, are also ramping up support in Syria for ...
Blinken is heading to Jordan on Thursday night to meet with King Abdullah and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as well as senior officials from U.S. allies Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt. He said the U.S. and these allies "will continue pressing countries to help...
It means we have to win. We haven’t been engaged in a clash of civilizations, but they have. They always have. Ever since the first ragged groups of Muslim raiders emerged from Arabia in the 7th century the Islamic world has been engaged in a clash of civilizations. The difference was...