Middle East Archives - Israel Rising

TRUMP’S FINAL GIFT? Israel’s Massive Strike On Syria’s Iraqi Border Came With US Help

January 13, 2021

Iran Watch, Israel, Middle East, Regional Analysis, War Drums

With days to go until the Biden administration officially takes over at the White House, Israel launched another air attack on Iranian forces in Syria. While an attack on Syria by the IAF has become standard ...

Biden Should Quash Abbas’s Newest Offensive

Moshe Phillips

January 11, 2021

Middle East, Palestinian Authority, Politics, United States

(Republished with author’s permission from the Algemeiner news website) In December both Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Vladimir Putin each called for the Quartet on the M...

Qatar-Saudi Deal A Pushback Against Iranian-Chinese Dominance

David Mark

January 6, 2021

Iran Watch, Israel, Middle East, Regional Analysis, UAE

The recently concluded Qatar-Saudi deal to end the blockade on Qatar has once again changed the equation and calibration of peace in the Middle East. There are those naysayers who believe the deal was conclude...

FDR, the Nazis, and the Jews of Morocco: A Troubling Episode

Rafael Medoff

December 20, 2020

Anti-Semitism, Middle East, Politics, United States

The normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco and the U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara have stirred interest in the history of Morocco’s Jews, including du...

Has Israeli Drone Sales To Azerbaijan Backfired?

David Mark

December 9, 2020

Iran Watch, Israel, Middle East, Turkey, War Drums

The recently ended Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia concluded with Azerbaijan gaining far more territory than it had before the war. Baku's success came by way of strong military suppo...

Turkey Threatens Christian Communities In Northern Syria In New Offensive

David Mark

December 8, 2020

Kurds, Middle East, Turkey

The return of Turkish backed militants to the Ain Issa in Rojava/Northern Syria/Western Kurdistan has put the region controlled by the Western backed Syrian Defense Forces (SDF) a Kurdish majority umbrella of ...