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Voices from the Arab press: Internal Arab fractures amid Iran war

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
A man stands on the rubble as emergency services operate at the site of an Israeli strike carried out on Wednesday, in Ain Al Mraiseh in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026
Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, shows the damage inside the hospital, during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2024.

'Hero' Gaza hospital director and op-ed writer for NYT revealed to have been Hamas colonel

Despite his Hamas rank being well known in Arabic media, Safiya was still invited to write opinion pieces for the NYT.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
People gather to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's top military official, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, and of other people who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, despite a US-brokered truce a year ago, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 24, 2025.

Weakened Hezbollah hesitates on retaliation while Israel warns of escalation - analysis

Another layer of complexity comes from the split within Lebanon’s leadership over how to respond.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
IDF Arabic spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee.

Goodbye, 'Mr. evacuate now': Arab outlets weigh in on Adraee’s retirement

Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson for nearly 20 years, is set to retire, with discussions underway to find his successor.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Arrest warrant issued for former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan

Since Khan was removed from power in April, Pakistan has been dealing with political and economic chaos following devastating flooding.

OCTOBER 3, 2022ByARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE
Pakistan's then-prime minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021.

The language in the Arabic press is changing toward peace - opinion

Last week, for the first time in years, I saw positive relations between Israel and an Arab nation portrayed in the Arab press.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022ByMICHAEL SUSSMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG welcomes UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed to the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Voices from the Arab Press: Bad Nutritional Habits at Our Hospitals

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

DECEMBER 16, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
Vending machines (illustrative)

Deutsche Welle antisemitism allegations to be investigated

A German newspaper raises antisemitism allegations against the Deutsche Welle media company. Several employees are alleged to have made anti-Israeli statements.

DECEMBER 2, 2021ByMARVIN ZIEGELE/SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST
The German flag is pictured at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 2017

Voices from the Arab Press: The Brotherhood’s culture of lies

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world

APRIL 8, 2021ByTHE MEDIA LINE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD members and supporters of Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi display his photo at Cairo’s Raba El-Adwyia mosque square, July 2013.

Voices from the Arab press: Iran's bells and whistles

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

DECEMBER 8, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
DEBRIS DOTS a Saudi Aramco oil company distribution station that Yemeni Houthis say they attacked, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on November 24.

Voices from the Arab press: Sudan’s deal with Israel: a courageous act

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

NOVEMBER 4, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
TOURISTS SAIL across the convergence between the White Nile river and Blue Nile river in Khartoum, Sudan, on February 15.

Denial over coronavirus leads to high infection rates in east Jerusalem

“There are many people who believe that the coronavirus is some kind of a conspiracy by Western powers directed against Arabs and Muslims.”

AUGUST 16, 2020ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
More than 350,000 Palestinian Arabs currently live in Jerusalem, a city of slightly less than one million people.

Voices from the Arab press: Erdogan is blackmailing Syrian factions

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MAY 21, 2020ByTHE MEDIA LINE
TURKEY-BACKED Syrian rebel fighters walk through a field of flowers in Idlib’s southern countryside, in Syria in April

Lauder in Arab News: A new page in Muslim-Jewish relations - analysis

“The old broadside attacks against Israelis by almost all Arab countries have quietly dissipated and the evidence is as clear as the nightly television entertainment shows that people are watching.”

MAY 18, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
RONALD LAUDER, president of the World Jewish Congress.