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IDF chief’s ‘secret meeting with Arab and US military leaders’ to discuss Iran

Relationships are developing between Israel and Arab countries amid shared concerns over Iran and regional security

By Melanie Swan

1 min read

Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir is said to have attended the gathering at a German ski resort last week (Photo: Flash90)

Smoke comes out from the west wing of the Pentagon building September 11, 2001 after al-Qaeda terrorists crashed a plane into the building and set off a huge explosion. (Image: Getty Images)

By Marc J Sievers

I had just returned from Saudi Arabia as a US diplomat when al-Qaeda struck. We must remember who did it

6 min read

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the audience as US President Trump delivers remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC, on November 19, 2025 (Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia excises antisemitism from school textbooks

By Etgar Lefkovits

1 min read

Damaged buildings at the site of a Saudi-US strike in Bartalla, in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh, on July 29, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

US and Saudi strike Iran-backed militia in Iraq after failed ‘surprise attack’

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Saudi Arabia

Trump says Saudi nuclear deal conditional on normalisation with Israel

By Dalia Zimmerman

1 min read

Israeli President Isaac Herzog during an interview with Al-Arabiya on July 16, 2026 (YouTube/AlArabiyaEnglish)

President Herzog

Herzog: ‘I dream of peace with Saudi’

By JC Reporter

2 min read

(L-R)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony at the White House after they participated in the signing of the Abraham Accords (Image: Getty Images)

By Ashley Perry

The Iran deal hasn’t ended Arab cooperation with Jerusalem – but it has forced it underground

4 min read

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Saudi Crown Prince pushing for US to continue Iran War

Washington has announced further troop deployments to the region, despite President Trump’s claims that peace talks have been ‘productive’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 25, 2026 11:24

Israel in talks with Gulf states after Iran strikes civilian areas

The UAE has already announced it is closing its embassy in Tehran, while Saudi Arabia said it was open to ‘responding to the aggression’ to the Islamic Republic’s attacks

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 2, 2026 14:26

An intercepted Iranian missile falls into the sea near Dubai's Palm Jumeirah archipelago on March 1, 2026 (Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia’s ‘last Jew’ dies aged 82

David Shuker was born in the Saudi city of Najran but moved to Israel to flee persecution in the mid 1900s

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

February 27, 2026 11:05

David Shuker speaking on Channel 13 (Image: Channel 13)

By Jonathan Sacerdoti

Prince William courts Saudi Arabia while Israel remains untouchable

It would be a striking gesture were the heir – or the King – to visit the Jewish state soon, signalling solidarity with a democracy facing multi-front threats, including from Iran. It would also acknowledge that those threats are aimed at Britain, too

4 min read

February 12, 2026 16:49