Israel is bringing its hit sports reality show “Goalstar” to the United Arab Emirates, thanks to the just-signed peace treaty establishing formal ties between the countries.
The scaffolding of the fossilized, archaic cage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been decimated.
It’s somewhat sad and predictable that an agreement to normalize relations is about to be signed between Israel and an Arab country, yet no one is jubilant.
Saudi Arabia rallied Sunni allies to its side in a growing diplomatic row withIran on Monday, deepening a sectarian split across the Middle East following the kingdom\’s execution of a prominent Shi\’ite cleric.
Just days after the Islamic State bombings in Paris, a court in the United Arab Emirates heard the case of 41 people, most of them Emiratis, who are accused of plotting to overthrow the federal government and replace it with an Islamic-State style “caliphate.”
Several Arab countries banned the release of the film “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”
The push for a Gaza ceasefire risks becoming mired in a regional tussle for influence between conservative Arab states and Islamist-friendly governments, with rival powers competing to take credit for a truce, analysts and some officials say.
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