Arab world

Nearly half of the young people in North Africa and the Middle East say they are either actively trying to migrate or are considering migrating to another country, according to the 12th ASDA’A BCW Arab Youth Survey.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that closer ties between Israel and the Arab world were a silver lining of the otherwise “bad” Iran nuclear deal.

The Arab world must shoulder the responsibility of the Palestinian people, who they have for years used as pawns against Israel, and the world must stop using the phrase “two-state solution,” according to guests at a panel discussion at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday.

In a Nov. 25, 2017 article marking the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, published in the London-based daily Al-Hayat, Lebanese journalist Karam Al-Hilu compared the meager accomplishments of the Arab world in the past century with those of the rest of the countries, particularly Israel.

An interfaith group from Bahrain which is paying an unprecedented public visit to Israel this week has received a warm welcome in the Jewish state, but is generating uproar across the Arab world.

TEL AVIV — Reacting on social media, commentators in the Arab world responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel with a mix of outrage, conspiracy theories, and anti-Semitic statements.

President Trump is preparing to formally declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and order a review of the best way to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv, two officials said Thursday, actions that would reverse decades of U.S. policy and international peacemaking efforts, and could inflame the Arab world.

Israel’s prime minister says the country is enjoying its greatest relations ever with the Arab world, even without a peace accord with the Palestinians.

In a recent television interview, Sudanese Minister of Investment Mubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi said it would not be a “big deal” if his nation was to normalize relations with Israel.

TEL AVIV — A draft bill presented to Tunisian parliament that would give women and men equality with regard to inheritance laws and allow Muslim Tunisian women to marry non-Muslim men has drawn anger from the conservative circles in the country and the wider Arab world.

TEL AVIV — Social media users from across the Arab world, including journalists and politicians, have been celebrating what they characterized as a major victory for the Palestinians at the Temple Mount after Israel decided to remove all security arrangements at the various entrances to the complex.

TEL AVIV – It’s not enough for Muslims to declare that groups like the Islamic State do not represent Islam; it is time for the Arab world to take concrete steps towards fighting terror, the parliamentary affairs editor for a Jordanian daily said.

Donald Trump’s first foreign tour as President of the United States began in Saudi Arabia. The purpose of the trip is to promote ties between the United States and the Arab world, as Trump seeks support in ramping up the war against the Islamic State.

TEL AVIV – The Arab and Muslim world will remain in the dark ages unless it confronts the reason for its culture of hate, a Saudi columnist wrote in Al Arabiya last week, and added that the rise of the radical right in the West is a reaction to Islamic extremism.

TEL AVIV – Ahead of the Arab League Summit later this month, foreign ministers of member states gathered in Cairo on Sunday and Monday to discuss how to prevent President Donald Trump from going through with his promise to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Hebrew news site nrg reported.

Egyptian, Jordanian, Saudis, and Iraqi students gathered for a workshop in Amman last week to discuss what to many may seem like a surprising issue; the future of the Hebrew language in the Arab World.

JAFFA, Israel — The assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey on Monday highlighted the divisions within the Arab world between Russia’s proponents and detractors.

TEL AVIV – A Lebanese columnist slammed the Arab world for its misogyny and blatant discrimination of women, calling out a Lebanese MP for saying that women’s only role is to “give a rapist a reason to rape them.”

TEL AVIV – Fanaticism has accompanied Arab societies throughout Islamic history and is not a new phenomenon but today the media, the left and Islamic preachers are blaming its rise on wild conspiracy theories, a Qatari law professor said.

TEL AVIV – More and more Arabic-language newspapers are publishing articles urging Arab nations to appoint women as heads of state, claiming that while the West has understood the power of female leaders, the Arab world continues to marginalize women.

TEL AVIV – A day and a half after the death of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres and not a single Arab leader has said they would join countless world leaders – including President Barack Obama – to attend his funeral.

TEL AVIV – Veteran Lebanese journalist Samir Atallah penned a scathing article on the Arab people’s inability to conduct negotiations without resorting to threats, as well as the hypocrisy of the Arab world’s outrage towards external threats like Israel, which may have demolished “a house or two” while Arabs destroy entire cities.

JAFFA, Israel – Ali Alifri is one of the youngest, but most recognized and popular clerics in the Arab world who has been interviewed on many religious television programs.

TEL AVIV – The Jews are all part of a secret plot to take over the world and destroy all other nations and religions, a new article series in Egypt’s government daily, Al Ahram, claims.

JAFFA, Israel – A Tunisian journalist has applied for a license to operate the first Arab porn and dating channel.

TEL AVIV – For far too long, Gulf countries have relied solely on petrodollars and now they must find other sources of income in a post-oil world in order to save themselves from economic ruin.

Arutz Sheva reports: The Israeli mission to the United Nations, led by Danny Danon, has offered strong criticism for what it calls another example of the international body’s hypocrisy against the world’s only Jewish state. Thursday’s issues revolve around the Commission on

JAFFA Israel – Russia is about to augment its economic and commercial ties to the Arab world, Russia Today’s Arabic-language channel reported. According to the network’s website, the Tunisian ambassador to Moscow told a local news agency that his country would

TEL AVIV – A Kuwaiti university lecturer recently called for Arab state schools to abolish religious studies, claiming the majority of the Arab world’s problems stem from official school curriculum. Dr. Ibtihal Al-Khatib, a liberal and secular activist, penned her

TEL AVIV – The Huffington Post’s Arab world edition posted a headline hailing “Muslim adversary” Donald Trump’s loss to Sen. Ted Cruz in the Iowa Caucus on Monday.

TEL AVIV – A Michigan woman posted a video on YouTube defending Palestinian stabbing attacks against Jews and compared Jews to animals. In the Arabic-language video (watch it here) translated by MEMRI and titled “Is stabbing Jews haram [forbidden]?”, pro-Palestinian activist Lina Allan blasts Muslims who say that stabbing is “haram,” or forbidden under Islamic law, and tells such Muslims to “go back to watching Turkish soap operas.”