Middle East Experience

Rabbi Haim Druckman calls on all right-wing parties to unite.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Smotrich: I’ll give up place, job for right-wing unity

Fewer students from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are pursuing university studies in the United States. In its most recent “ Open Doors ” report, the Institute for International Education measured an 8.7 percent reduction in the number of….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: The Decline of MENA Students Coming to the United States: Why That’s a Problem

The UN will meet to discuss the growing concern about the security….
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: The world can't afford new Gulf war, warns UN chief

Shaked stepped back from the brink, both sides compromised on a list of candidates that had both liberals and conservatives, and the two maintained a politically tense but respectful relationship.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Has Ohana’s attack on the High Court poisoned the well? - analysis

The explosions, on a vital passageway for the world’s oil supply, may prove Trump’s policy of coercion has backfired..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Oil tanker attacks will inflame conflict between the US, its allies and Iran

Iran’s musicians worry that a new tax that chips away 10% of concert revenues would deliver a blow to their stage performances.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Iran’s concert tax infuriates artists, music fans

Confession to murder by Tehran's ex-mayor was perhaps the last thing Iran's already troubled Reform Movement needed ahead of key parliamentary polls next year.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Ex-Tehran mayor's murder case stirs infighting among Reformists

Due to lax regulations, plastic scrap imports to Turkey have skyrocketed since 2018; why is the AKP letting the country turn into a global wastebasket?
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkey becomes new dump for global plastic waste

There is word that the United States wants to improve Palestinians refugees' living conditions in Gaza and the West Bank, but Palestinians fear the measure is an attempt to merely paint over the real issue: the refugees' right to return to their homeland.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Under US plan, Palestinian refugees will still be refugees

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has been elected head of Tahya Tounes, which has sparked fears among political circles that he might use his post to serve party interests.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Will Tunisian prime minister resign or run for president?