Middle East peace

Trump lost the midterms but his peace deal could still win the Middle East - opinion

Trump's legacy could include completing the transformation of the Middle East from a region defined by the Israeli-Arab conflict into a region of peace, partnership, and shared prosperity.

US President Donald Trump speaks in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 9, 2026.
A Pakistani flag flutters in the wind.

Can Pakistan-Israel ties exist? Yes, if the perpetual Palestinian conflict ends – opinion

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Israel has a 28-month window before Trump leaves office to entrench the processes now underway in Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon, according to assessments heard at the MEAD conference in Washington.

Middle East faces critical window for change as Trump’s time in office runs down

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan receives Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates December 7, 2021.

Gulf leaders are about to pass up the Iran moment - comment


What’s the purpose?

Before rolling out the plan, Trump and his team need to ask themselves the most important question of all – what is their real purpose?

US President Donald Trump gesticulates as he returns from a trip to trip to Annapolis, Maryland, in Washington, US, May 25, 2018.

A Peace Summit on the 480

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Strategy as policy: Douglas J. Feith on the failed ‘peace process’

As the former Pentagon official sees it, the world has created incentives for Palestinian leaders that work against the interests of peace.

PERES receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in 1994 alongside Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.

Something good is happening

Today, perhaps like no other time, there is a real chance of disarming North Korea and preventing the nuclearization of Iran. That is the main issue of our time.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the UN

AIPAC’s mission

As long as Israel is not at peace with its neighbors, Israel will not be fully secure.

Crews prepare for the speakers at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, U.S., March 6, 2018.

Kushner, on the brink, looks to Mideast peace for salvation

Aides to Kushner and his wife, Ivanka acknowledge they now face an unprecedented effort to push them out of their formal roles in the Trump administration.

White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner arrives for his appearance before a closed session of the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 24, 2017.

In Jordan, Tillerson notes progress in Mideast peace plan

He spoke just two days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

US and Iran call on each other to withdraw from Syria

Iran reacted to Tillerson's assertation that Iran should withdraw from Syria, saying that "Iran's military presence in Syria was based on invitation of the Syrian government."

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

How Norway supports Trump’s Middle East peace plan

Only Washington could broker a peace agreement while stressing international support for the Palestinian cause.

US President Donald Trump leaves a note at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City May 22, 2017

Nasrallah Between Israel and the Arabs

The Jerusalem Post