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Netanyahu revels in the enthusiastic Arab normalisation with Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last Monday that some Arab countries consider Israel “an indispensable ally” in the fight against Iran and Daesh. During a visit to Rio de Janeiro, he told Globo television that, “Evaluation has caused a revolution in relations with the Arab world.” The alleged...
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Hamas, Moscow and the implications of Haniyeh’s visit
The Russian Foreign Ministry has rejected objections from its Israeli counterpart about the upcoming visit of the head of the Hamas political bureau to Moscow. According to Israel’s Channel 10, the Russians responded to the Israeli protest about Ismail Haniyeh’s trip by pointing out that the government of Benjamin...
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Where are relations between Jordan, Qatar heading?
Despite the fact that the Jordanian Labour Minister Samir Murad visited Doha and before that, the Minister of Higher Education Adel Tuwaisi, their visits occurring within less than two months of each other, the diplomatic representation is still at a low level, as there has been no exchange of...
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The problematic relations between Hamas and Moscow
Hamas is not the first to move towards Moscow as Fatah, the PA leadership and the PLO did this before, when it rushed to open up to Moscow and Beijing in an attempt to search for respite to counter the US pressure that escalated following the launch of the...
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Concerns and aspirations surround Netanyahu’s surprise visit to Jordan
Benjamin Netanyahu paid a surprise visit to Jordan this week. The Israeli Prime Minister went to Amman in advance of the forthcoming tour of the region by US presidential adviser Jared Kushner and peace envoy Jason Greenblatt. The US delegates’ tour includes a meeting proposed by Britain, according to...
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Trump’s latest Secretary of State failed on his Mid-East tour
Despite the momentum that Israel gave to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent tour to the Middle East, with its missile attacks on Aleppo and Hama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s televised “Iran lied” speech, it soon faded and dissipated. Iran managed to contain the missile attack on...