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Israel and the West Bank: Annexation

7 May 20209 May 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIsrael, Jordan, Palestine, USA

The Israeli coalition agreement gives Netanyahu the opportunity to annex large parts of the West Bank. But will he do it?

Gaza: can Covid-19 be kept at bay?

20 April 202020 April 2020William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, Israel, Palestine

Quarantine measures appear to have kept Covid-19 at bay for now. But Gaza’s already creaking health service will be overwhelmed, if the virus establishes itself in the population at large.

Putin’s ascendancy in the war in Syria

7 April 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIsrael, Russia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, USA

As the Idlib truce continues to hold, Vladimir Putin reinforces Russia’s dominant role in Syria.

Water shortage: another MENA crisis

31 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailAlgeria, Egypt, GCC, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kurds, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen

Countries across the MENA region are facing severe water shortages yet have done little to ameliorate a shared problem. Will the Covid-19 pandemic teach them that working cooperatively is the only way to resolve a looming crisis?

Jordan’s Difficult Neighbourhood

30 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE

Jordan’s relations with Iraq, Syria and Qatar have improved. Iran remains hostile. With other countries in the region, the direction of travel is less clear.

Morocco, Israel and Palestine: an entwined and intriguing relationship

4 March 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIsrael, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, USA

Despite its rich Jewish heritage, its low-key links to Israel and its need for a good relationship with the US, Morocco has stuck to its principles on Jerusalem and Palestine.

Jordan and Israel: a relationship “on pause”

27 February 2020William LawArab Digest EmailIsrael, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, USA

King Abdullah is unhappy with the state of relations between his country and Israel but hopes for better things after the forthcoming Israeli elections. Jerusalem is what matters most.

Arab support for the Trump deal evaporates

6 February 20206 February 2020William LawArab Digest EmailBahrain, Israel, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

As details of the “deal of the century” filter down Arab states back the Palestinians and turn away from Washington.

Time for America’s Arab allies to think again about the “deal of the century”

3 February 2020William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA

Middle East states who backed the deal that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu unveiled on 28 January may have reason to reconsider.

Plans for new Saudi mega-city Neom stoke internal criticism

30 January 2020Hugh MilesArab Digest EmailEgypt, Israel, Jordan, Neom, Normalisation, Palestine, Saudi Arabia

MBS’s tough handling of tribal leaders and development plans for Saudi mega-project Neom stoke internal criticism and are criticised as capitulation to Israel.