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 on Categories Arab Digest EmailPalestinians, 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 on Categories Arab Digest EmailUS halts support for UNRWA. UNRWA and its activities. Likely political consequences.
Gaza: a truce
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailFollowing 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 on Categories Arab Digest EmailTurkey 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 on Categories Arab Digest EmailSisi 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 on Categories Arab Digest Emaila running sore. The Multinational Force obsolete and at risk.