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Sami Michael, Israeli Novelist With Arabic Roots, Dies at 97
A refugee from Iraq, he explored in popular books the worlds of Jews living in Arabic countries or who fled persecution, and of Arabs living in Israel.
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A Palestinian Exile Champions an Arab Vision for Gaza
As the Gaza war rages, with civilian deaths soaring, few Arab leaders have publicly voiced their visions for the future of the battered enclave, fearing they will be accused of endorsing Israel’s actions. But one influential Palestinian exile, in an ...
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Saudi-Israel Ties Depend on Steps Toward a Palestinian State, Blinken Says
In meetings with Israeli leaders, the U.S. secretary of state held out the prospect of Saudi recognition to prod Israel to curb combat operations in Gaza and accept a path to Palestinian statehood.
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At These Schools, Arab and Jewish Students Share Their Feelings, With Each Other
At a time when support for peace is at a low, conversations at Israel’s Hand in Hand schools about the Oct. 7 attack and the war in Gaza sound different than they do elsewhere.
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Widow of Jamal Khashoggi Is Granted Political Asylum in the U.S.
The successful petition is one of the few recent reminders of the fallout from the killing of Mr. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist.
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Saudis Overwhelmingly Oppose Ties With Israel, Poll Finds
A new poll has found that 96 percent of Saudis believe that Arab countries should cut all ties with Israel to protest the war in Gaza, posing a significant challenge to the Biden administration’s push for Saudi Arabia to establish diplomatic ...
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This Might Be What Broke the Deadlock at COP28
When the sultan who presided over the fairly successful climate talks in Dubai looked back on Wednesday at the two-week parley, he pinpointed one day, and one event, that he thought put it on the right path. It was the majlis that he convened this ...
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‘Leverage has failed,’ a Saudi official says as Arab countries condemn the U.S. veto.
The United States’ decision to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution that called for an immediate cease-fire in the war in Gaza has sparked frustration among Arab governments that are pushing to end the conflict, with one group of ...
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Israel’s Hidden Victims, Arab Bedouins, Were Attacked by Hamas Too
At least 17 died in the Hamas attacks, and many more in the impoverished community have since lost their livelihoods in Jewish farms that were ransacked.
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This Israeli-Hamas War Has Smashed Comforting Assumptions
Some paradigms taken for granted about Israel and the Palestinians, both in Gaza and the West Bank, have been broken. So has the idea that Washington can ignore the Middle East.
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