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Voices from the Arab press: Withdrawal of US forces from the region is off the table

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

RECRUITING POSTER for US armed forces, 1917.
Hamas terrorists surrender to IDF troops, August 2, 2025.

WATCH: Hamas Beit Hanun Battalion surrenders to IDF troops in north Gaza

IN HER Magen David Adom uniform.

From Manchester to MDA: saving lives in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025.

Netanyahu reportedly postpones decision on IDF actions in Gaza – CNN


Gaza Disengagement twenty years later: A summer of changes and turbulence

Who knew then that 20 years later, Iran would be sending massive rockets, and Houthis would be blowing up ships?

MEDIA CIRCUS on the IDF’s final day, at general headquarters in Khan Yunis, Sept. 11, 2005.

A price too high: The psychological toll being paid by our soldiers in Gaza- opinion

We must ensure another Oct. 7 never happens, but remaining in Gaza is a recipe for continued disaster at multiple levels.

HUNDREDS OF family, friends, and residents of the Golan Heights stand vigil to accompany the parents of IDF soldier Bezalel Yehoshua Masbaher – who died from his wounds after being injured in combat in Gaza – to his funeral at Mt. Herzl, July 27.

Witkoff calls for an 'all-or-nothing approach' to end Gaza war in meeting with hostage families

"There is hardship and shortage, but no starvation. Once we refute this Hamas claim, we can continue negotiations to end the war and bring back all the hostages," Witkoff said.

US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff talks to hostage family members on August 2, 2025.

Too holy to care? Examining the ethical divide in the Jewish experience - opinion

This is a morally just war – a war of survival against enemies who openly seek our annihilation.

HAVE WE fallen into a chasm with our Jewish brethren who criticize Israel’s war?

Hamas slams Witkoff's demands, Hostage Families release cruel Hamas video of Evyatar David

Hamas terrorists surrender to Givati troops in northern Gaza • Witkoff tells hostage families talks to shift to comprehensive deal

US Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff with families of Gaza hostages at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, August 2, 2025.

With 'friends' like Starmer and Macron, Israel doesn't need enemies - opinion

Israel has no choice but to scorn such Western leaders and continue to independently secure its future, and must weather the threats of diplomatic and economic isolation from the world.

FRANCE’S PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron clasps the hand of Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks on at a NATO summit in The Hague in June. Their countries have been wrong on every Mideast issue, the writer maintains.)

Novelist David Grossman says Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, joining a rising chorus

Grossman, a longtime left-wing peace activist whose son was killed while serving in the Israeli army in Lebanon in 2006, has joined a growing number of Jews accusing Israel.

Israeli writer David Grossman attends the Letterature International Festival at Casa del Jazz on June 25, 2025 in Rome.

Hamas delegation visits Turkey, officials condemn 'genocide' in Gaza

Turkish FM Hakan Fidan claimed Netanyahu was not serious about reaching a ceasefire deal.

Demonstrators attend a protest to express support for Palestinians in Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in front of the German consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, November 10, 2024.

'Israel brought this on itself,' Anti-Zionist American Jew onboard Handala claims

American Jew Bob Suberi, one of the activists who was on the Handala Freedom Flotilla that was intercepted on its way to Gaza, blames Israel for the Gaza war.

Activists wash the deck of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as they prepare to sail for Gaza in an attempt to break a long-standing Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Marsa, Malta August 16, 2024.

What are Israel’s choices in Gaza? The insanity of double standards and ignorance - opinion

Israel has several avenues to achieve its goals in the Gaza Strip, but fallacies about the war, strategy, tactics, geopolitics, and history may all stop that achievement.

Soldiers from IDF's 98th Division operating in the Gaza Strip, May 22, 2025.

Israelis begin to question morality of war in Gaza amid widespread starvation claims

GAZA AFFAIRS: Israelis have begun to question the morality of the country's war in Gaza after widespread claims that Gaza’s population faces crisis levels of food insecurity.

THERE ARE indications in Israel that the mood is shifting away from a robust embrace of the conflict. Here, mourners carry the body of a Palestinian, killed the night before in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City on Tuesday.