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Could psychedelics offer a key to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

From ayahuasca retreats to MDMA-assisted therapy, psychedelic researchers are exploring the peace-building potential of mind-altering drugs

By Eliana Jordan

7 min read
The Psychedelic Science Conference, taking place in Denver, Colorado from 16-20 June, 2025, focuses this year on how psychedelic drugs can be used for peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine. (Photo: MAPS via X)
Board of Deputies president Phil Rosenberg
Board of Deputies

ANALYSIS: The consensus view — Rosenberg lays out the Board’s stance on the Middle East

By Simon Rocker

2 min read
Saudi officials are reportedly optimistic that Donald Trump will back Palestinian recognition during his regional tour this week (Pictured: Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in 2018; Image: Getty)
US Politics

Saudi ‘optimistic’ about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read
A Jewish Voice for Peace protest against Israel (Getty)
October 7

‘I can’t discuss Israel with my anti-Zionist kids – it’s pointless.’

By Karen Glaser

2 min read
An S-200 surface-to-air missile system on display in Iran (Image: Getty)
Iran nuclear program

What the massive build-up of US military assets in the Middle East really means

By Israel Kasnett

6 min read
Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Jake Wallis Simons

By Jake Wallis Simons

Silence over jihadi butchery in Syria tells you all you need to know about the West’s distorted view of the Middle East

4 min read
Iran has reportedly established a new terror group in Syria following the fall of Assad. (Pictured: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah ALI Khamenei greets a gathering personnel from the Iranian Army, Air Force and Air Defence Force; Image: Alamy)
Iran

Iran establishes new terror group in Syria to halt post-Assad ‘occupation’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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Israel’s new US ambassador suggests Saudi normalisation on the brink

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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January 28, 2025 17:27
Yechiel Leiter has hinted that Israeli-Saudi normalisation is be 'closer than ever' (Image: X/Yechiel Leiter)

Why Lebanon's new president represents yet another blow to Hezbollah and Iran

By Yoni Ben Menachem

2 min read

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January 14, 2025 10:52
Newly elected Lebanese president Joseph Aoun reviews an honour guard upon his arrival at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on Jan. 9, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Middle East Minister refuses to apologise for comments about Israeli ambassador

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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January 13, 2025 12:09
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer MP (left) with LFI chair Jon Pearce (Photo: Labour Friends of Israel)
Jonathan Spyer

By Jonathan Spyer

As Iranian power recedes, Turkey and its Sunni allies are filling the vacuum

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January 8, 2025 12:32
As Iranian power recedes, Turkey and its Sunni allies are filling the vacuum

Netanyahu and Trump discuss hostage deal and Syria

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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December 15, 2024 11:46
US president-elect Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke overnight on Saturday according to Israeli media reports. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Nothing left’ of Syria’s weapons arsenal after Israeli strikes, local army sources say

By JC Reporter

2 min read

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December 11, 2024 12:10
Aftermath of a strike attributed to Israel on the Barzeh scientific research centre affiliated with the Syrian defence ministry (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)

The scale of Iran’s loss in Syria cannot be overstated

By Yaakov Lappin

3 min read

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December 9, 2024 10:33
Syrian regime airstrikes target anti-regime fighters in Aleppo, in northern Syria on November 30 (Image: Getty)

UK’s Middle East Minister condemns far-right Israeli Minister’s annexation comments

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

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November 14, 2024 15:49
Close allies: Netanyahu and finance minister Bezalel Smotrich (Getty Images)

US ‘won’t restrain Israel if Iran attacks again’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

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November 3, 2024 10:45
Biden with Blinken (Getty Images)
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