https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUg4ffzsqUM/seth-j-frantzman RSS for Node Thu, 14 May 2026 01:12:25 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-22/israel-hamas-war-in-gaza-showcased-iran-s-rocket-threat https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-05-22/israel-hamas-war-in-gaza-showcased-iran-s-rocket-threat Sat, 22 May 2021 04:00:29 GMT Rockets light up the night sky as they are fired towards Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. - Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and air strikes on Friday, May 14, in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, but stopped short of a ground offensive in the conflict that has now claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives. As the violence intensified, Israel said it was carrying out an attack "in the Gaza Strip" although it later clarified there were no boots on the ground. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-18/new-alliances-link-gulf-arab-states-to-the-eastern-mediterranean https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-03-18/new-alliances-link-gulf-arab-states-to-the-eastern-mediterranean Thu, 18 Mar 2021 05:00:10 GMT The flags of (L-R) the US, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Bahrain and the municipality of Netanya are flown along a road, in the resort city of Netanya in central Israel, on September 13, 2020. - The UAE and Bahrain will sign agreements to recognise Israel, on September 15. US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to sign the Abraham accords -- a reference to the common traditions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity -- at a White House ceremony. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-17/biden-has-already-calmed-the-middle-east https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2021-01-17/biden-has-already-calmed-the-middle-east Sun, 17 Jan 2021 06:00:16 GMT The flags of Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are projected on the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2020 in a show of support for Israeli normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed landmark accords normalizing the Jewish state's relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as part of a peace push brokered by US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-15/israel-should-heed-its-new-arab-friends-on-palestine https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-12-15/israel-should-heed-its-new-arab-friends-on-palestine Tue, 15 Dec 2020 06:00:19 GMT The flags of Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain are projected on the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2020 in a show of support for Israeli normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed landmark accords normalizing the Jewish state's relations with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, as part of a peace push brokered by US President Donald Trump. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-08-31/the-deal-with-uae-caps-a-new-phase-of-israeli-diplomacy https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-08-31/the-deal-with-uae-caps-a-new-phase-of-israeli-diplomacy Mon, 31 Aug 2020 04:00:07 GMT Pedestrians walk by Israeli national flags flying alongside United Arab Emirates national flags on the side of a road in Netanya, Israel, on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached an agreement to begin normalizing relations, a potentially historic breakthrough hailed by American and Israeli leaders as a crucial step toward peace yet assailed by Palestinian officials as a betrayal. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-07-26/israel-is-diving-into-the-troubled-eastern-mediterranean https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-07-26/israel-is-diving-into-the-troubled-eastern-mediterranean Sun, 26 Jul 2020 05:00:47 GMT This picture taken on January 31, 2019 shows an aerial view of the SSCV Thialf crane vessel laying the newly-arrived foundation platform for the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, about 130 kilometres (81 miles) west of the coast of the Israeli city of Haifa. (Photo by Marc Israel SELLEM / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-07-09/business-deals-may-give-netanyahu-an-excuse-against-annexation https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-07-09/business-deals-may-give-netanyahu-an-excuse-against-annexation Thu, 09 Jul 2020 05:00:30 GMT The Burj Khalifa skyscraper, center, towers above commercial and residential properties in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Like the rest of the city, the business center has suffered from a prolonged real-estate slump brought on by oversupply and slower economic growth. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-06-18/the-u-s-remains-key-in-the-fight-against-the-islamic-state https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-06-18/the-u-s-remains-key-in-the-fight-against-the-islamic-state Thu, 18 Jun 2020 05:00:31 GMT A crew member touches a missile on an F18 Hornet fighter jet stationed on the deck of the US navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on May 8, 2018. - The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group on May 3 began air operations in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, conducting flight operations against the so called Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria and Iraq. The strike group includes a guided-missile cruiser and four guided-missile destroyers. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-02/coronavirus-israeli-military-faces-old-problems-in-a-new-war https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-04-02/coronavirus-israeli-military-faces-old-problems-in-a-new-war Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:51:43 GMT An Israeli soldier wears a black protective face mask as he monitors the arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Israel expanded its 14-day quarantine policy to include arrivals from all countries, ramping up its efforts to beat back the spread of the coronavirus. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-11/putin-has-painted-russia-into-a-syrian-corner https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-11/putin-has-painted-russia-into-a-syrian-corner Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:46:59 GMT Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his New Year address to Russians in central Moscow on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Alexey NIKOLSKY (Photo credit should read ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-03/a-swiss-cheese-state-for-palestinians-won-t-work https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2020-02-03/a-swiss-cheese-state-for-palestinians-won-t-work Mon, 03 Feb 2020 10:42:05 GMT Israeli soldiers patrol a roadside during a protest by Palestinians near the Jewish settlement of Bekahot in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, on Wednesday, Jan. 29. 2020. The Israeli cabinet won’t be ready to vote on annexing West Bank settlements by Sunday as planned, a minister said, following the unveiling of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan.