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Salem Alketbi

Dr. Alketbi holds a Ph.D. in Public Law and Political Science from the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences at the Hassan II University in Casablanca for his thesis entitled "Political and religious propaganda and leadership in the Arab world social media".
Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages.

Hamas’s talk of leaving Gaza: Real change or just buying time? - opinion

Hamas’s latest pronouncements expose deep-seated contradictions that display just how strategically confused and politically rattled the movement has become.

JUNE 8, 2025
Palestinian Ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sits in the General Assembly. The State of Palestine is recognized by more than 130 countries, but not by most of the countries of the OECD.

The 'fig leaf' that hid Arab regime failures and seriously harmed the Palestinian cause - opinion

Post-1948, Arab regimes weaponized the Palestinian cause. Lacking organic legitimacy, they turned anti-Israel hostility into a survival mechanism.

MAY 25, 2025
Israel and UAE flags at a table with documents.

Arab world must view Israel as strategic partner to advance development, stability - opinion

Recognizing Israel as a strategic partner – not an eternal enemy – is a necessity dictated by geography and mutual interest.

MAY 19, 2025

Confronting antisemitism demands reviving the legacy of Jewish-Arab symbiosis - opinion

The Holocaust and shared memory: Modern antisemitic narratives are foreign ideological imports, not organic products of Arab-Islamic thought.

MAY 14, 2025
The flags of the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain are screened on the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City on September 15.

Turkey can be counterbalance to Iranian, Russian influence with US support - opinion

Tom Barrack - Trump's new ambassador to Ankara - will make repositioning Turkey as a necessary US strategic partner in the region a key mandate.

MAY 5, 2025
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with US President Donald Trump during a NATO summit in London in 2019.

Pompous Iran now begs for a deal in the face of Trump administration - opinion

Trump’s strategy toward Iran rests on three key pillars: withdrawing from the nuclear deal and reimposing crippling economic sanctions, applying military pressure with explicit threats of force.

APRIL 22, 2025
CAREFUL SCRUTINY of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s public statements reveals a meticulously crafted – if transparently desperate – propaganda campaign designed to project strength and progress, despite Iran’s increasingly dire circumstances, the writer states.

International Union of Muslim Scholars platforms terrorism in religious guise - opinion

As posted on their official website, the Union calls for "armed jihad" as a religious requirement.

APRIL 13, 2025
EVIDENCE CLEARLY shows the IUMS directly threatens Western security by inciting Muslims, the writer says, so are America and Europe waiting for another 9/11 before taking action?

Fall of the Houthis under US strikes: A racing certainty - opinion

Initial American strikes have already eroded Houthi military capabilities while the Houthi leadership structure suffers from inherent weaknesses.

APRIL 2, 2025
HOUTHI DEFENSE Minister Mohamed al-Atefi salutes after addressing protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, as they demonstrate in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen, last month.

The exploitation of academic discourse: A gateway to the spread of extremism - opinion

American universities have become strategic targets for extremist groups, which use student gatherings as fronts for their ideas.

MARCH 27, 2025
Muslim protestors pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, U.S., March 14, 2025.

Can Trump make his ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan work? - opinion

The fundamental question remains: could this project establish genuine peace and lasting regional stability?

MARCH 12, 2025
Palestinian fishermen work along the coast of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, last November. Gaza’s coastal position offers not only aesthetic value but substantial economic potential, the writer maintains.

The fate awaiting the Houthi group after being redesignated as terrorists by US - opinion

The focus is expected to be on gathering intelligence about prominent Houthi leaders’ locations and targeting them.

MARCH 4, 2025
HOUTHI DEFENSE Minister Mohamed al-Atefi salutes after addressing protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, as they demonstrate in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen, last month.

Syria’s new leadership faces a defining test - opinion

They must implement their international obligations in line with the extensive goodwill they have received from both regional partners and the global community.

FEBRUARY 25, 2025
SYRIA’S INTERIM President Ahmed al-Sharaa meets with Fernando Arias, the head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, in Damascus, earlier this month. The world expects Syria to pass trust tests and prove it has a national agenda completely unrelated to its past, says the writer

The hardest task post war: How to eliminate Hamas and rebuild Gaza - opinion

While no simple answers exist for Gaza’s current crisis, the lives of two million Palestinians demand this diplomatic work and humanitarian investment,

FEBRUARY 6, 2025
UAE PRESIDENT Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan receives Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Abu Dhabi last month.