Some Arab regimes have continued to develop their relations with Israel despite the latter’s conduct towards the Palestinians. But there’s a limit to how far they will go.
Articles tagged: ‘Gaza’
The Bahrain workshop: who’s going and who isn’t?
Posted onPalestinians, whether official or business, will not attend the Bahrain workshop. Seven Arab states will nevertheless take part; so will some international organisations. The event will not be a resounding success but an embarrassing flop may have been narrowly avoided.
UNRWA
Posted onUS halts support for UNRWA. UNRWA and its activities. Likely political consequences.
Gaza: a truce
Posted onFollowing major violence short of outright war, Israeli punitive measures relaxed. Reports of a truce brokered by Egypt, even a one-year ceasefire.
Turkey, Israel, and the Gaza crisis
Posted onTurkey is Israel’s sixth largest trade partner but the Palestine issue poisons relations; the Turkish public and opposition demand action over Gaza; Turkey and the US also bitterly at odds over a range of major issues.
Sisi’s new foreign policy
Posted onSisi is developing a new foreign policy which could make Egypt a new ideological power in the region if it it is not foreclosed by domestic problems or old allies.
Sinai
Posted ona running sore. The Multinational Force obsolete and at risk.