Search: Saudi Arabia,Palestine (5 materials)

The Developments in the Middle East: a Reflection of the World’s Bigger Picture

... on Israel and its allies following the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. Efforts to further promote the Abraham Accords between Israel and the conservative Arab monarchies continued, albeit fading from the public eye. The only consistent supporters of Palestine were the stubborn Yemeni Houthis, who have attacked foreign ships in the Red Sea. However, it was Egypt—not Israel—that suffered the most from these attacks, losing nearly half of its revenues from the Suez Canal. Regional Trends in the ...

06.09.2024

“Light of the World” No More. China and Russia Should Help Restore Multipolarity in the Middle East

... China. Yet this is precisely what happened last March when China successfully mediated the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The importance of this achievement cannot be understated. Years of geopolitical rivalry exacerbated by ... ... continues to ignore the elephant in the room and the plight of the Palestinians. Hostilities will resume periodically between Palestine and Israel, which means that permanent peace in the region remains impossible. While the U.S. was initially supportive ...

30.07.2024

Palestinian Statehood after October 7: Any Odds of Success?

... Jerusalem Embassy Act 104 , which all of Trump’s predecessors did not have enough daring to enforce. Jin Liangxiang: The Palestine Issue Should Be Led Back to the Right Track Biden’s Middle East policy, despite the general words about revision or ... ... as regards the Palestinian agenda, consistently continued the line of Biden’s predecessor. The main effort was directed at Saudi Arabia, given that the U.S.-Saudi relations have markedly deteriorated under the new administration. The itinerary of the ...

27.02.2024

Trump's Double Toe Loop

... third most significant city in the country (after Mecca and Medina), he is obviously wrong. Israel, and the United States in particular, have always underestimated the central place the Jerusalem issue takes in the eyes of Muslims. It is true that the Saudi Arabian rulers currently view Iran as a greater problem for themselves and the region than the Israel–Palestine conflict. However, the Saudi leader cannot possibly lose Jerusalem. James Dorsey, a well-known Singapore-based expert on the Middle East, believes that Mr. Trump’s recognition and any plan to grant Israel full control of Jerusalem would see ...

12.12.2017

Predicting critical events, an institutional challenge.

... Times in an article dated March 31st. The ECFR, which has called for a greater role for Al Qaeda in Algeria to “promote democracy,” is funded mainly by George Soros. The New York Times sourced Levy about the latest attempt by Israel and Saudi Arabia to cooperate on a casus belli project involving their common enemy, Iran. This budding activity has “mission creep” written all over it. Tel Aviv and Riyadh are frustrated by the codependency that’s a consequence of longstanding ...

22.05.2014

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