Resignation of Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi of the Bennett and Lapid-led coalition has brought the Israeli cabinet closer to collapse. Resignation of Zoabi, of Meretz party, comes less than two months after Idit Silman, of Yamina party, left the coalition, leading to fall in the number of the seats held by the coalition to 59 of a total of 120 seats and making it a minority in the parliament.

The White House officials are reportedly making arrangements for a meeting between President Joe Biden and the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and if Riyadh accepts, it would likely take place in the next few weeks.

On May 18, Andishe Sazan-e-Nour Institute for Strategic Studies in Tehran hosted a meeting on the "future of Saudi-Iranian relations." The meeting discussed the current Tehran-Riyadh talks, and regional affairs expert Saadullah Zaree elaborated on the negotiations.

The Lebanese interior ministry announced the final parliamentary elections on Tuesday, saying that the turnout rate was 41 percent. According to the results, Hezbollah and Amal movement won 31 seats, Samir Geagea-led Lebanese Forces 20 seats, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) led by Gebran Bassil 18 seats, and Progressive Socialist Party led by Taymur Jumblatt 9 seats. The Lebanese civil community's forces together won 12 seats.

The killing of the veteran Aljazeera journalist Shereen Abu Aqleh by the Israeli fire in Jenin Camp in cold blood drew international reactions to this apparently criminal act. Meanwhile, the Arab countries advocating the normalization with the Israeli regime did not raise their voice in condemnation along with the international community either in support of rights of the journalists or rights of the Palestinian people.

Another negative implication of the political stalemate in Iraq is the suspension of agenda pursuing expulsion of the American troops. In late last year, the government of PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced that the last American troops already withdrew from Iraq but after five months from 2022, the occupation forces still exist on the Iraqi soil and even conduct operations.

Recent tribal clashes in Iraqi Maysan province brought back focus on large amounts of illegal arms in the Iraq society. Armed clashes caused by tribal differences is a matter of long history in various Iraqi provinces, always killing and wounding people.

After revelations about secret meetings between Saudi and Israeli officials, now new reports have emerged about the behind-the-scenes relations between the two sides. Israeli media have recently broke the news about Saudi investment in the Israeli economy.

A key principle in pragmatic politics suggests that "the validity of any political doctrine depends, to a large extent, on the success of that doctrine when it is actually implemented. In this view, to achieve the desired result, the decision makers should look realistically at the political situation; that is, reality as it is and not as it should be.

A recent interview of an Italian TV channel with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has proven controversial. The top Russian diplomat was asked how Russia claims it is de-Nazifying Ukraine while the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is himself a Jewish and hence a Naziphobe.

Saudi Arabia, a country that over the past decade has been giving away its petrodollars to the other Muslim countries to advance its plans in the region, is now focusing on the new Pakistani government. Shahbaz Sharif who recently assumed the prime minister post in Islamabad chose Riyadh his first foreign destination as a PM hoping that he persuades the Saudis for fundings to his country.

In recent years, there has been a trend represented by a willingness by the Arab countries to own foreign football clubs. The Al Khalifa rulers seem to be no exception as they like counterparts in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are planning same possession. Recent reports suggest that Invest Corp Bahrain, a wealthy state company, has finalized a deal on acquisition of Italian A.C. Milan football club.

Suicide blasts targeting Shiite sites in various Afghanistan cities have been making important headlines for media in the past few months. On April 21, a explosion at a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif killed at least 30 and injured dozens.

After controversial ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan on April 9 by the parliament, the political observers are expecting to see the aftershocks affecting the foreign, rather than internal, policy of Islamabad. By appointment of Mohammed Shahbaz Sharif, who leads the Muslim League party which holds close ties to the military, the review of the country's foreign policy more than any other thing is expected in the country.

As the Israeli forces intensify their raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque over the past few days, the security situation in the West Bank grows more intense and violence surges.