Benjamin Netanyahu is using biblical symbolism to frame a regional alliance with India and others against the Shia axis and the Muslim Brotherhood, amid strategic and defense cooperation and international scrutiny.

The United States recently imposed terrorist designations against the Lebanese, Jordanian, and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In January 2026, leaked documents from the European Parliament revealed that the UAE funneled millions of dollars to a Swiss intelligence firm to carry out covert smear campaigns across Europe targeting Islam.

The four review reports issued by International Monetary Fund officials on Egypt’s economy, tied to the signing of an $8 billion loan agreement over 46 months, delivered blunt and often harsh criticism of the Egyptian regime for failing to meet key conditions.

As Netanyahu moves to ban the United Arab List (Ra’am), which traces its roots to the southern branch of the Islamic Movement in 1948 Occupied Palestine, party leader Mansour Abbas has announced a split from the Islamic Movement.