A White House official has confirmed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Washington on November 18 to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting comes as Trump continues efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords, which normalized Israel’s relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco in 2020. So […]
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Saudi Crown Prince to visit White House on Nov 18
WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit the White House on November 18 for an official working meeting with United States President Donald Trump, a White House official said on Monday. The visit is expected to focus on expanding the Abraham Accords and strengthening defence cooperation between the two nations. Trump […]
Israeli lawmakers advance bill applying Israeli law to West Bank
JERUSALEM: In a move widely seen as a step toward annexation, Israel’s parliament on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, territory that Palestinians seek for their future state. The measure, which passed by 25 votes to 24 in the 120-member Knesset, marks the first of four […]
Trump hopes Saudi Arabia will join Abraham accords soon
President Donald Trump has voiced strong optimism about Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords soon. In an interview with Fox Business Network, he said he expects the agreement to grow. Trump believes that if Saudi Arabia joins, many other countries will follow quickly. He said the move would mark a major step toward broader peace […]
Trump Secures Gaza Truce but Faces Major Hurdles to Lasting Peace
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has scored a major diplomatic victory by helping broker a truce in Gaza, but analysts say the road to lasting peace in the Middle East remains fraught with challenges. The Crime Control Department (CCD) said Friday that Israeli forces halted fire at 0900 GMT, in line with the deal […]
Trump’s Arc of Peace: Has One President Surpassed a Century of Nobel Laureates?
Of the 105 Nobel Peace Prizes awarded since 1901, only eight have recognised individuals for ending active wars — a strikingly small fraction of the prize’s storied legacy. Among these luminaries stand Theodore Roosevelt, who mediated peace between Russia and Japan; Woodrow Wilson, who helped draft the treaty that ended World War I; and Léon […]
Trump: Iran’s nuclear threat gone, Middle East must unite
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran’s nuclear capability has been “completely destroyed.” He made this statement in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. Trump also called for all Middle Eastern countries to join the Abraham Accords. He said this move would ensure lasting peace in the region. Trump emphasized the […]
Abraham Institute to focus on ‘trade, tourism’ between Arabs, Israel
Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law who served as an adviser in the Trump administration, is founding the Abraham Accords Institute for Peace to cement normalisation deals between Israel and Arab countries. Recently, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan all signed the Abraham Accords, a US-brokered agreement to recognise Israel and normalise relations, […]