Washington and Tel Aviv envision a region free of opposition to Israeli hegemony, but how will that work out
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The three top US envoys sent to the region this week face the difficult task of persuading Netanyahu to keep the Gaza ceasefire alive.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might now attempt a hybrid strategy in order to preserve room for an Israeli reversal of this week’s ceasefire in the war on Gaza.
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There is a huge conceptual gap between Trump’s plan for Gaza and the vision for its future among the Palestinians and in the region.
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Israel’s expansionist policies and cross-border military actions supported by the United States are generating spirals of insecurity in the region, calling the regional security structure into question
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Next week’s elections in Syria are taking place amid ongoing fragmentation and sectarian strife, with international observers warning of possible further violence
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Israel’s escalating strategy of annexation in the West Bank and dislocation in the Gaza Strip is a blueprint for the erasure of the Palestinians.
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Ordinary Europeans are bringing greater pressure to bear on Israel and Israelis in response to the genocidal policies in Gaza.
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A fractured landscape of sectarian enclaves and a politics of fear overshadow the transitional period
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In a significant challenge to the interim government in Damascus, the leaders of Syria’s minority communities are demanding greater decentralisation and minority representation.
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The ongoing genocide in Gaza has led to a seismic shift in Washington’s political calculus that could redefine relations with Israel for years to come.
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The momentum is building for Palestinian statehood even as Israel is doing its best to undermine it through its actions on the ground.
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Clashes between Syria’s Druze community and Sunni tribesmen showed the weakness of the country’s interim government and the dangers of Israel’s attempts at divide and rule
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Manal Lotfy rethinks the regional order in the light of US and Israeli interests.
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The clash of national narratives — resistance versus containment, sovereignty versus hegemony — renders a grand bargain between the US and Iran all but impossible
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Israel stands exposed as a practitioner of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and collective punishment on an industrial scale in the war on Gaza,
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US-Israeli plans for “humanitarian safe zones” in the Gaza Strip are in fact designed to fundamentally reshape its demographic and territorial landscape
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The US president’s visit to the Middle East this week may project the image of a region open for business, but it could be the calm before the storm.
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Masoud Pezeshkian seeks diplomatic engagement, but he can only work within the limits set by Khamenei
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The prospect of US disengagement from Europe’s security framework is looming large in the wake of disagreements over the war in Ukraine
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