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Only a peace process can save Biden from electoral defeat

  • US President Joe Biden has been slipping in the polls. While he was previously ahead of Donald Trump, the polls today favor the former president. Obviously, Israel’s war on Gaza has had an important impact on Biden’s approval rating. He seriously needs to change course if he wants to get reelec...
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Israel attacking Lebanon would be illogical, but don’t rule it out

  • While people were scared that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah would announce a war when he spoke on Nov. 3, they were ultimately relieved by his statement, in which he indirectly said that he would not escalate. A week later, his position became even milder. However, the real threat of escala...
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Will we see a joint Iranian-Arab front on Gaza?

  • It has been announced that Ebrahim Raisi will attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting in Riyadh on Sunday to discuss Gaza. This will be the first visit by an Iranian president to Saudi Arabia since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2012. The inclusion of Iran in the meeting on Gaza stems fr...
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Ground invasion of Gaza will not ensure Israelis’ safety

  • Everyone is waiting for the ground invasion. After so many strikes and so many civilian casualties, Israel is preparing to conduct a land incursion to reinstate its prestige. However, with more than 5,000 Palestinians already killed, has the Israeli public’s desire for revenge already been quen...
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Arab Peace Initiative the only way to end the bloodshed

  • The world was taken by surprise by the Hamas attack on Israel. No one was expecting this level of sophistication from the militant group. We still do not know how events will unfold, but we know one thing — the status quo that existed before the operation is not sustainable anymore. Former US ...
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Israel’s settlement expansion project will have an ugly ending

  • Jerusalem’s District Planning Committee last week approved two statutory plans that will allow the construction of almost 4,000 residential settlement units in East Jerusalem. These settlements fulfill the vision of the Netanyahu government, which is driven by an extremist ideology. Most import...
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US should replicate the Iraqi awakening in northeast Syria

  • The area to the east of the Euphrates in Syria is witnessing an uprising of Arab tribes. This was perhaps expected due to American policies that favored one faction over the other. The uprising is not the result of one incident — the arrest of Abu Khawla, as the Syrian Democratic Forces claims ...
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Hezbollah’s catch-22 situation as UNIFIL mandate renewed

  • The renewal of the mandate for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon — a peacekeeping force deployed along the Israel-Lebanon border — was agreed last Thursday by the UN Security Council. The initial vote was delayed as permanent UNSC members the US and the UK objected to the resolution drafted by Fr...
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Hezbollah still not willing to make concessions

  • A truck last week overturned in the Lebanese town of Kahale. The vehicle was loaded with weapons. Residents of the area gathered around the truck, which Hezbollah gunmen tried to defend. This resulted in a clash, in which one Christian resident and one Hezbollah member were killed. The incide...
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Growing protest movement is a wake-up call for all Israelis

  • In the US, pro-Israeli democracy activists this week asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to meet with protest leaders during his current visit to Israel to better assess the gravity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul.  Protests sparked by the Netanyahu gover...
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