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Articles tagged: ‘Palestine’

Hebron: the temporary international presence comes to a sudden end

Posted on 8 February 201910 February 2019Author Oliver MilesTags Israel, Palestine, USA

Israel has ended the Temporary International Presence in Hebron. Such restraining influence as it was able to exercise has now been lost.

Pompeo invites the world to Warsaw

Posted on 24 January 201924 January 2019Author Oliver MilesTags Europe, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia, USA

US/Polish proposal for a ministerial on the Middle East, but mainly on Iran. No takers so far.

Selling to the enemy: how Palestinians resist land sales to Israelis

Posted on 16 January 201916 January 2019Author Oliver MilesTags Israel, Palestine

Two recent events highlight the continuing issue of land sales in East Jerusalem to Israeli settlers and Palestinian attempts to thwart them.

BDS: three developments

Posted on 9 January 2019Author Oliver MilesTags Israel, Palestine, USA

HSBC disinvests in Elbit, Israel publishes a blacklist, Congress stalls on anti-BDS action.

Palestine: Abbas dissolves the Legislative Council and calls new elections

Posted on 8 January 2019Author Oliver MilesTags Hamas, Palestine

President Abbas has dissolved the PLC, in which Hamas held the majority of the seats. His move has been rejected by Hamas. New elections could well be postponed indefinitely.

Political prisoners

Posted on 19 December 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, UK, USA, Yemen

Many countries in the region hold disgracefully large numbers of prisoners, but information is patchy and unreliable.

Violence in the West Bank

Posted on 18 December 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Hamas, Israel, Palestine, USA

West Bank – a week of shootings. Possible political consequences. Kushner’s peace plan still at the other end of the rainbow.

Palestinian diplomacy

Posted on 13 December 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Hamas, Israel, Italy, Palestine, Russia

Mahmud Abbas and senior Palestinian officials have had high-level exchanges with Russia, Italy and the Vatican. Palestinian unity over a US resolution at UNGA proves short lived.

GCC – still standing

Posted on 10 December 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

GCC summit in Riyadh solves no problems but keeps the show on the road. MBS turns up at last.

Jordan – the economy – MBS

Posted on 6 December 2018Author Oliver MilesTags Europe, Human rights, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Jordan – continuing protests over austerity and corruption. Remains a significant regional player. MBS doesn’t come.

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