Yemen

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar meets Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in Hargeisa, January 6, 2026. (Somaliland Presidency/X)

Israel’s Somaliland gambit reflects a doctrine of endless escalation

By projecting power into the Horn of Africa, Israel aims to increase pressure on rivals, undermine regional stability, and narrow the space for diplomacy.

By Omar H. Rahman January 13, 2026

The USS Carney shoots down a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy Photo/Wikimedia Commons)

A year after hijacking the Galaxy Leader, the Houthis aren’t going anywhere

With Hamas and Hezbollah debilitated, the Yemeni group has emerged as Iran’s premier non-state ally, set to continue to disrupt trade and strike Israel.

By Magnus Fitz November 19, 2024

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump, in New York. September 18, 2017. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

How Trump energizes deniers of Palestinian independence

Taking their cues from the American president, right-wingers like Bret Stephens argue that the Palestinians don’t deserve a state. Here’s why they’re wrong. President Trump could have made a tremendous statement last week had he recognized the claims of both Israel and the Palestinians to a capital in Jerusalem. Instead, he reinforced Israel’s already disproportionate advantage…

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 12, 2017

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Yarmouk residents gathered to await a food distribution from UNRWA in January 2014. (Photo by UNRWA)

If only there was oil under Yarmouk

As Palestinians are being murdered and starving to death in the refugee camp near Damascus, the Arab world is busy intervening in Yemen, the Palestinian Authority is silent, and Israeli television is talking about where to eat during the Passover holiday. Monday morning, on the morning show on Israel’s Channel 10, which was co-hosted by…

By Samah Salaime April 6, 2015

Yemenite Children Affair: Families of the kidnapped speak out

Between the years 1948 and 1952, thousands of babies, children of mostly Yemenite immigrants to the newly-founded State of Israel, were allegedly taken away from their parents and given up for adoption to Ashkenazi families. Now a group of activists is telling the stories of the traumatized families who vow never to forget. (Translated from…

By Haokets January 17, 2015

Yemenite goldsmith Yosef Araqi.

Reviving the spirit of Yemen’s Jewish goldsmiths

Although goldsmithing among the Jewish community in Yemen goes back generations, most Yemenites were stripped of their ability to continue their work upon their arrival in Israel. The few who remained in the profession watched as their work lost its meaning in Israeli-tzabar culture. By Tom Fogel My family from my mother’s side is a…

By Cafe Gibraltar January 2, 2014

Christopher Stevens, U.S. ambassador to Libya, who was killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate. (Photo: U.S State Department/Wikicommons)

Violent protests are the true insult to Islam

The real challenge facing the Muslim world today is how to stop violent protesters from becoming the face of the religion. In order to do that, we need more Muslims to get rid of their indifference and speak against the misrepresentation of Islam. Research shows that the people behind “Innocence of Muslims,” the film which disrespects…

By Aziz Abu Sarah September 16, 2012

+972 Person of the Year: Woman activist of the Arab world

From Bahrain to Tunisia, at demonstrations, in interviews and in their own writing, they repeat, “We will not be quiet.” In their refusal to view the rights of women as a cause separate from civil rights, human rights and pro-democracy activism, female Arab protestors have taken feminism to a new level. By Lisa Goldman During…

By +972 Magazine December 29, 2011

Beirut Synagogue (Photo: Flickr/Petteri Sulonen)

Young Mizrahi Israelis’ open letter to Arab peers

Translated from Hebrew; English edited by Chana Morgenstern | Arabic version here In a letter titled “Ruh Jedida: A New Spirit for 2011,” young Jewish descendants of the Arab and Islamic world living in Israel write to their peers in the Middle East and North Africa We, as the descendents of the Jewish communities of the Arab…

By +972 Magazine April 24, 2011

Last man standing? Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad (Picture: Agencia Brasil)

Arab republican dictators: A dying breed

Six months ago, there were five Arab republican dictators. Now, all but Syria’s president are out or on their way, and even Assad is facing his biggest challenge since succeeding his father a decade ago The “Arab Spring” of the last six months has already swept away the dictators of Tunisia and Egypt. Libya’s ruler…

By Roi Maor April 24, 2011

Democracy, Islam and Israel: What’s next for Egypt and the region?

The prospects for democracy in Egypt will be affected by regional developments, and will also affect them in turn. While important elements in Egyptian society have been virtually ignored, Islamists’ role has been greatly exaggerated in Western discourse, and nowhere more so than in Israel. Arab regimes that are more responsive to their peoples’ voices…

By Roi Maor February 12, 2011