Turkey defies US over Russian S-400s

Turkey will not reverse its acquisition of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, and intends to take ‘reciprocal steps’ after assessing sanctions imposed by the United States over the deal, declared…

Senate approves US-UAE arms sale

US President Donald Trump’s massive $23.37 billion sale of hi-tech weapons to the United Arab Emirates has been approved by the Senate. American Senators voted 50-46 and 49-47 predominantly along…

US Senate to vote on UAE arms deal

The United States Senate is expected to soon vote on a resolution that would block the Trump administration’s $23.37 billion weapons sale to the United Arab Emirates. U.S. Secretary of…

Fight Or Flight

A Common Denominator Of No Common Border By Amir Oren Israel has been fighting for dear life since its inception. In late 1947, its leadership accepted a painful compromise -…

The Sixth Eye

A political and professional consensus on Israel’s Mideast military value as an enduring buddy By Amir Oren Enduring Lightning II is the name given to a unique exercise held over…

For Israel’s military, money is time

If you can’t have more, ask for early   By Amir Oren When Israeli defense planners look at the near future, they have two main items to consider - how…

Historic Israel-UAE-Bahrain pacts signed in US

History was marked today, when the Jewish State of Israel signed two separate bilateral normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain under the auspices of…

Trump: Saudi-Israel ties may be next

U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged that he expects Saudi Arabia to soon follow in the footsteps of its closest regional-ally, the United Arab Emirates – to normalize relations with the…

Abbas: UAE stabbed Palestinians in the back

In his first public remarks since Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced their agreement to normalize relations, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused the Gulf Arab state of turning its…