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The MBZ Pivot
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Palestine’s struggle
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailFighting inside Israeli cities raises the spectre of a new intifada or “civil war”; social media giants back Israel while Biden comes under increasing pressure from within his own party to stop the war.
Qatar, the feud and the future of the GCC
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The trouble with normal (is it always gets worse)
Posted on Categories PodcastsArab Digest · The trouble with normal (is it always gets worse)
The Arab states, Israel and the Palestinians
Posted on Categories Arab Digest EmailSome 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.
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.