... the UAE have established official relations with the Jewish state. In 2023, there were
reports
that Saudi Arabia and Israel may sign an agreement to normalize bilateral relations, which was actively promoted by the United States. However, after the Hamas attack on Israel last October 7, Saudi Arabia
suspended
its participation in these negotiations. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are interested in economic and technological cooperation with the Jewish state, including the need to carry out the technological ...
... Syrian army and the resistance movements, it must be recognized that the new political and military realities resulting from the global war against Syria confirm the existence of a clearly defined strategic vision by the resistance axis to confront the Israeli plans.
Therefore, the attack by the Palestinian movement Hamas on October 6, 2023 and the direct Iranian military attack on Israel (in April 2024) through hundreds of marches and missiles as a reaction and self-defense after its consulate in Damascus being subjected to Israeli bombing, can be considered just ...
... just a step away, with the likely involvement of several key regional and global actors, including the United States.
Andrey Kortunov:
When “Iron Swords” Return to Their Sheaths
Limits to escalation
But in the 11 months that have passed since the Hamas attack on Israel, no major war has broken out in the Middle East. Israel, as predicted, is stuck in Gaza for long. The death toll among Palestinian civilians has passed 40,000, with the number of wounded approaching 100,000, and the number of refugees and internally ...
... homeland. While some experts are clamoring that the death of Haniyeh has been a setback for negotiations and the release of the remaining Israeli hostages, it can also be argued that Haniyeh was in fact a major roadblock to the negotiations succeeding. The Hamas leader has never sought a peaceful coexistence with Israel, and he milked every ounce of antisemitism and hatred toward Israel from the UN, the Hague, university campuses, and even politicians. In many ways, Haniyeh’s death consequently clipped Iranian’s puppet strings.
Iran has now vowed to avenge ...
... and drones. Additionally, according to
Middle Eastern intelligence officials
, Iran has played a crucial role in helping Hamas construct an intricate network of underground tunnels in Gaza, designed to protect their equipment and infrastructure from Israeli attacks. Hamas has also received significant financial support from Iran, along with technical assistance to produce rockets and drones equipped with advanced guidance systems. Iran, a staunch supporter of Hamas, has therefore
vowed retaliation
, emphasizing ...
... casualties and deploying para-troops on battlefields. Furthermore, Israel is developing distinctive features belonging to an air power as sea and land powers possess.
Source: sky.news
The features are concluded from studying the Arab-Israel wars, the Hamas-Israel war, and the military potential of Israel. When Israeli aviation launched a destructive decisive surprise attack on Egypt in 1967, the outcome was pinned as a masterful command tactic. However, the recent clashes with Hamas demonstrate that Israel ...
...
Andrey Kortunov:
When “Iron Swords” Return to Their Sheaths
It is quite difficult to prove that the operation is being deliberately protracted. After the October 7 attack, Israel’s leadership set a specific goal — nothing less than destroying Hamas. So far, Israel has failed to do so. Is it because the hostilities are being deliberately dragged out or because the military situation is difficult? It is not quite clear. Now there has been a noticeable shift in the rhetoric in Israel’s information field. ...
Perhaps, the notion that the established two-state paradigm has no workable alternatives needs to be clarified or even revisited?
Six months have passed since we saw another escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following a massive Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023. After Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 Israeli civilians and took 253 others as hostages, Israel launched Operation Iron Swords in the Gaza Strip. The operation has proven to be more complex, costly and time-consuming ...
... the terms of a ceasefire in a package with the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the provision of humanitarian aid to the civilian population. In parallel, there is a discussion of scenarios for governing this Palestinian enclave after Hamas. Israel and the United States flatly deny there could be any return to the
status quo
, but the question persists: if not Hamas, then who? This is a very controversial issue that sparks heated debate, including in Israel’s interim military cabinet. ...
... nations, tried to construct Palestine issue as a part of global fight against terrorism, and particularly Hamas as a terrorist organization. The latest such construction is that they describe the conflict between Israel and Palestine as that between Israel and Hamas, which intentionally suggests that Israel has been fighting against terrorism.
That is an apparent distortion of the nature of conflict between Israel and Palestine. Despite various aspects of the conflict, the nature of the tension between Israel ...
