The more US President Donald Trump speaks about his so-called mega plan for the future of Gaza, the more he confirms that he must be bluffing or speaking about somewhere else in the world other than the Middle East.
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Ahead of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, the first that the newly elected American president has held with a foreign official since taking office on 20 January, it was crucial that Arab nations directly involved in the Palestinian cause send a united message outlining their vision on the just settlement of this long-lingering conflict.
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There could have been no better response to Donald Trump’s shocking statements early this week than those incredibly moving images of Palestinians in their thousands returning on foot to their homes in northern Gaza on Monday.
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Images of joy and celebration all across the tiny Gaza Strip following a temporary truce going into effect on Sunday have been widely circulated.
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Since the sudden fall of the former regime in Syria on 8 December, Egypt’s stand has been clear.
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The prime minister’s meeting with several heavyweight businessmen last week demonstrates the government’s desire to involve the private sector in the economy by listening to both complaints and suggestions for improving the investment environment.
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The stunning development in Syria on Sunday 8 December, which brought to an end the 53-year rule of the Al-Assad family, marks the beginning of a new era in the Middle East.
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Another perilous escalation in a region filled with human suffering and armed conflict occurred this week.
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By the time Al-Ahram Weekly went to print, both the US and Israeli media had reported that a ceasefire deal to end the war that Israel launched against Lebanon more than two months ago was within reach.
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In his campaign US President-elect Donald Trump repeated that he was seeking to regain the White House to end the wars that the Biden administration failed to stop, namely in the Middle East and Ukraine.
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President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi was among the first world leaders to congratulate US President-elect Donald Trump on his sweeping and decisive victory last week.
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As the government meets up with officials from the International Monetary Fund this week to discuss the fourth review of the fund’s loan, easing the burdens on citizens should be topping its priorities.
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There is a key lesson to be learned from Israel’s measured attack against Iran on Saturday.
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Judging by the bitter experiences of the year since Israel launched its genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza, there is little reason for optimism about the current tour by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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The unprecedented attack by Lebanon’s Hizbullah on an Israeli military base south of Haifa this week, killing at least four Israeli soldiers and wounding more than 60, should be a wake-up call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist cabinet that brutal, indiscriminate force will never achieve his declared goals.
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Albert Einstein defined “insanity” as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
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Over the past week Israel has escalated already unprecedented operations by targeting key Hizbullah leaders, most notably the secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah.
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Hours after Israel assassinated key Hizbullah military commander Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a short statement.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now seeking to drag the entire region into the unknown by threatening to wage war on Lebanon.
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