Even before the conclusion of US President Donald Trump’s first tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week, the new US administration took steps in the right direction.
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On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a plan to fully reoccupy Gaza, claiming that was the only way to achieve his goals of destroying Hamas and freeing Israeli prisoners.
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Despite the horror and bloodshed that Israel’s Army has continued to inflict on the Palestinians in Gaza on a daily basis since breaching the ceasefire agreement on 18 March, there are signs that the extremist government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is losing ground and credibility on both the domestic and international levels.
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In a world where global economic uncertainty has become the norm, attracting investments is crucial.
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Certain it can commit war crimes with impunity thanks to the blind support it has been receiving from the United States over the past 18 months, on Sunday Israel conducted an air strike against the last functioning hospital in Gaza — a truly astonishing crime.
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s successful visit to Egypt this week, together with the trilateral meeting he held with President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah, confirmed Cairo’s commitment to continue working on all fronts to restore calm in the Middle East and end Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
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A better experienced US diplomat should have explained to Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff that he was not cutting a real estate deal, bargaining and twisting arms to make a profit.
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Israel’s flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza early Tuesday by conducting a widescale bombing campaign in which over 420 civilians, mostly children and women, were killed, cannot be seen except as an intentional effort by the current Israeli government to end all regional and international efforts to restore stability and revive peace efforts to reach a permanent settlement.
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This week is likely to be decisive for the future of the shaky ceasefire agreement that Hamas and Israel arrived at nearly two months ago.
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The emergency Arab Summit held in Cairo on Tuesday gave a clear and strong message that Arab leaders and countries reject American and Israeli plans to displace the Palestinian people from their land and strip them of their right to have an independent state in the Gaza Strip and West Bank on the borders of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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Once again, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his extremist government are pushing for a renewal of their genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza, jeopardising the recent ceasefire agreement that went into effect on 19 January after lengthy negotiations brokered by Egypt, Qatar, and US President Donald Trump’s Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff
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This next week is likely to prove detrimental to the future of the ceasefire agreement reached one month ago between Israel and Hamas.
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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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