Normalization

'I am pro-Abraham': Meet the unlikely allies risking everything for peace with Israel

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: Abrahamic Movement members tell the ‘Post’ about pursuing peace and normalization with Israel, despite personal risks and challenges to long-standing taboos.

TOM WEGNER addresses an Abrahamic Movement gathering. While he can advocate openly for his vision of a shared regional identity, some of the movement’s members live in countries where contact or normalization with Israel can carry severe legal and personal consequences.
VOTING AGAINST a UN Security Council draft resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, at New York City headquarters, Sept. 2025.

Trump envoy: Lebanon wanted peace. Israel was slow to see the opening - interview

Debris is strewn across the jetty in the Port of Mokha the day after an attack by the Houthis on the city of Mokha, held by Yemen's internationally recognised, Aden-based government on August 10, 2026.

Hezbollah attempts to resupply operatives trapped underground, Iran continues executing protesters

The IDF strikes targets in Gaza's Khan Yunis, August 15, 2026.

Three soldiers wounded in Hezbollah attack, no injuries reported after IDF tank hits bomb in Gaza


South Yemen would join Abraham Accords, says separatist leader Aidaros al-Zubaidi

President of the Southern Transitional Council Aidaros al-Zubaidi told UAE state media that he supports a two state solution between both Israel and Palestine, and in Yemen.

President of the anti-Houthi Southern Transitional Council Aidaros al-Zubaidi speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, September 24, 2025.

Gulf leaders call defense meeting in Doha after Israeli strike

Sisi, speaking at an emergency Arab-Islamic summit in Qatar, said Israel's actions "add obstacles to chances for any new peace agreements and even abort existing ones."

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Emir Of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ahead of an emergency Arab-Islamic leaders' summit convened to discuss the September 9 Israeli attack on Hamas on Qatari territory, in Doha, Qatar, September 15, 2025.

Security must come first in order for the North to prosper - opinion

Peace or normalization with Syria could bring tangible economic benefits to the Golan Heights, but only if Israel’s security requirements are met.

 Syrian security forces walk together along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, collapsing a ceasefire announced just hours earlier that aimed to put an end to the violence, July 16 2025

Normalization will secure Israel’s sovereignty - opinion

By taking the route of normalization, Israel will realize its long-awaited “total victory” in this war by defeating Iran and Hamas.

MK BOAZ BISMUTH, chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, presides over a committee meeting earlier this month. Bismuth and his ilk are doing a disservice to Israel and promoting a strategy that is anti-Zionist, the writer argues.

South Korea tells China it wants to normalize ties, Yonhap reports

A high-level South Korean delegation, led by Park Byeong-seug, hopes to repair strained relations with China, as President Lee Jae Myung sends a letter to Xi Jinping.

An illustration of Chinese, South Korean flags, diplomats shaking hands.

Trump: Important that Middle Eastern countries join Abraham Accords

"Now that the nuclear arsenal being 'created' by Iran has been totally OBLITERATED, it is very important to me that all Middle Eastern Countries join the Abraham Accords," Trump wrote.

US President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, August 6, 2025.

Mideast security expert: Are the Abraham Accords still a win-win? - interview

"If we look deeper, we must ask: Are these truly agreements that benefit both sides, or is Israel facing the danger that what it gives is not always reciprocated?”

 Washington DC, USA - September 15, 2020: Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, and Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan attend the Abraham Accords ceremony in The White House.

Israeli-Syrian security arrangement: A new model of normalization? - opinion

A renewed security agreement between Israel and Syria could lead to a new kind of normalization.

 SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman is flanked by US President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, in May. A realistic analysis suggests that full normalization with Israel could harm Sharaa’s legitimacy, says the writer.

Normalizing ties with Syria must not be a blank check - opinion

Normalization should reshape Syria in order to create peace in the region.

 SYRIAN PRESIDENT Ahmed al-Sharaa (left) meets with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi last week. Normalization must reshape Syria, not crown a jihadist as a statesman, says the writer.

Syrian activist to TML: Visit to Israel, Knesset was 'unprecedented moment for peace'

Syrian political figure Shadi Martini described his Knesset address as a 'once-in-a-century opportunity' and confirmed holding recent talks with Syria’s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa.

 Leader of new Syrian administration, Ahmed al Sharaa and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (not seen) watch the view of Damascus on Mount Qasioun following their meeting in Damascus, Syria on December 22, 2024