How Israel's dream of being the Middle East's trade hub is unravelling

How Israel's dream of being the Middle East's trade hub is unravelling Submitted by Ahmed Alqarout on Wed, 07/22/2026 - 15:45 Gulf powers are working out new corridors that would bypass the need to engage with Tel Aviv A ship docks at the Emirati port of Jebel Ali on 18 June 2020 (Karim Sahib/AFP) On The India -Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) has died at its Israeli end. Gulf states and their allies are now racing to build rival lines. In June, the Saudi and Turkish transport ministers signed memoranda