Middle East Experience

Beachgoers have been warned of rough seas in the Arabian Gulf as a result of fresh easterly to northeasterly winds..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Umbrellas out, it’s likely to rain in UAE this weekend

Hamas and other Gaza-based Palestinian terror groups ridiculed the Hebron police commander and said the pictures were humiliating for all Palestinians.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: PA police commander suspended for helping Israeli soldiers fix tire

Residents of the south see the latest ceasefire as fragile and temporary as the previous ones have been.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Gaza border residents protest Israel-Hamas ceasefire for third-straight day

George Deek, a highly acclaimed diplomat, is currently a senior advisor to Director-General Yuval Rotem.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Jewish state sends Christian envoy to Muslim country

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plotted his next moves Thursday after his defence minister resigned over a controversial Gaza ceasefire, throwing his coalition into crisis and raising the possibility of early elections..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Netanyahu coalition at a crossroads after Israeli defence minister quits – France 24

Ayla Albayrak won an appeal against a 2017 terror conviction for reporting on the Kurdish insurgency for the Wall Street Journal, but she doubts the court was motivated by concern for press freedom.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkish court quashes journalist’s prison sentence

A woman has been appointed as head of the Presidential Diwan for the first time since Tunisia’s 1965 independence.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Woman tapped as head of Presidential Diwan in Tunisia

Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Intel: Why cease-fire deal won’t stop Yemen’s suffering

Israeli politicians love to be seen alongside successful athletes and frequently use athletic success for patriotic-nationalist purposes.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel’s unhealthy mix of sports and politics

Despite very recent hostilities, Palestinians see a glimmer of hope in reports that a truce could allow Gazans to work inside Israel, even as conditions keep deteriorating in the besieged enclave.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israel mulls letting in Gazan workers if area stabilizes