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Cohon Center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
February 12, 2026, 1:56 pm
US colleges got $1.1 billion from Qatar in 2025, Ed Department says
The foreign funding comes, in part, from "countries and entities that are involved in activities that threaten America's national security," the U.S. education secretary said.
By JNS Staff
The official portrait of His Royal Highness Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, issued by the Saudi Press Agency. (Saudi Press Agency (SPA), CC BY-SA 4.0. via Wikimedia Commons)
November 19, 2025, 10:33 am
MBS says he wants to join Abraham Accords, but path to Palestinian state crucial
Trump admits he didn’t get commitment from Saudi crown prince during Oval Office meet, but says they had a good talk about it
By Jacob Magid
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar speaks during a conference in Gaza City on Nov. 4, 2019. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
May 19, 2025, 3:04 pm
Hamas docs: Oct. 7 aimed to block Israel-Saudi peace
The terrorist group saw normalization of relations between Jerusalem and Riyadh as an existential threat.
By JNS Staff
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) poses prior to a working lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Presidential Palace, June 16, 2023. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
October 14, 2023, 8:15 pm
Saudi Arabia reportedly suspends peace talks with Israel
Sources say that the Saudis were not ending the talks, but instead were freezing them until the violence abated.
By Ron Kampeas
A Saudi diplomat listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2023. (Prime Minister's Office)
September 26, 2023, 3:33 pm
Saudis putting aside Arab Peace Initiative amid Israel normalization talks – officials
Riyadh will continue to pay lip service to proposal conditioning peace with Israel on Palestinian state, but those involved in effort say kingdom ready to normalize ties for less
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Photo by Quirinale.it, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 21, 2023, 7:07 pm
No peace in Mideast without Palestinian state, Abbas tells UN
Palestinian Authority leader accuses ‘racist’ Israeli government of apartheid, digging tunnels under Al Aqsa; calls for international conference to impose two-state solution
By Lazer Berman
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden from his office in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2022. (Office of Benjamin Netanyahu.)
August 15, 2023, 9:05 pm
Biden and Bibi both need a big win. Is a deal with the Saudis their answer?
Can Netanyahu pull off a deal with Riyadh? His legacy might depend on it
By Michael Oren
U.S. Special Envoy for Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt discusses her recent trip to the Middle East with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro. (Screenshot)
August 3, 2022, 2:27 pm
Deborah Lipstadt says progress underway on combatting antisemitism in Gulf states
U.S. State Department’s special envoy for antisemitism returns from Saudi Arabia.
By Andrew Lapin
Prime Minister Yair Lapid welcomes US President Joe Biden to Israel. Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO, courtesy of flickr.com.
July 20, 2022, 4:20 pm
Biden visit proves a far cry from Israel’s fanciful expectations
U.S. President's visit left Lazar Berman wanting more.
By Lazar Berman
President Joe Biden (Photo via POTUS/Twitter)
July 13, 2022, 11:27 am
The many messages of Biden’s Mideast trip
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said during the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that this would be a “historic” week for the Jewish state.
By Israel Kasnett
Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference arranged by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, May 26, 2022. (Shahar Azran)
June 23, 2022, 9:23 pm
Deborah Lipstadt’s first tour as antisemitism monitor will be to Saudi Arabia
"If you had told me a year ago, even after the Abraham Accords, that would be the first place I would go. I would say you're dreaming,"
By Ron Kampeas
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