Seated at a table with Palestinian ex-prisoner Arafat Mudar Mohammad Daoud, American comedian and entrepreneur Zach Sage Fox asked, “Do you like Hamas?” “Of course, they are heroes. Freedom fighters,” Daoud replied. The interview was published this week as part of Fox’s Wild West Bank Series, filmed during his trip to Ramallah over the … Read more
During the ongoing session of the Parliament, India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar said in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that India supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. He stressed the idea of establishing a “sovereign, independent and sustainable” Palestinian state to coexist peacefully alongside Israel. India’s position on UN resolutions During the … Read more
Recent comments by Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan have suggested that Israel opposes a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For instance, on October 15, Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT said that “Turkish FM Fidan and his Jordanian counterpart [Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman] Safadi criticize international institutions for failing Palestinians and reaffirm support for a … Read more
The Kingdom of Bahrain, for the first time in its history, will host the 33rd Arab Summit on May 16, 2024. This is the first summit to be held since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, igniting the subsequent war in Gaza. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org An … Read more
Israel and the question of deterrence Al-Ittihad, UAE, April 27 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The Israeli government is currently focused on closely monitoring and assessing Iranian actions, particularly following the recent Israeli strike on Isfahan. This surveillance is being conducted within a specific framework that has been established … Read more
Former US president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump showed “courage and integrity” by “changing his opinion” and opposing a Palestinian state, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a written statement on Thursday. Asked in an interview for TIME Magazine on April 12 whether the current Israel-Hamas war should end in a two-state solution, … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia Monday morning for the first part of a wider Middle East tour. This trip is aimed at discussing with Arab partners post-war Gaza and to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take concrete and tangible steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. … Read more
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told CNN on Monday that Jordan seeks to de-escalate tensions in the region following Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel. Safadi said that Jordan’s response to Sunday’s attack, which saw the Jordanian air force down several Iranian drones over its airspace, would have been the same whether the … Read more
Albert Einstein once revealed the secret of his genius: “Simplify as much as possible – but not more so.” His famous equation E=mc2, linked mass and energy in a manner that changed the world. He discovered it by starting with a complex equation and striking out everything that was not essential. Simplify! Presto! Mass … Read more
According to recent polling, the proportion of Gazans who support a two-state solution has nearly doubled since December, from 35% to 62%. The polling, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR), was conducted between March 5 and 10 in the West Bank and areas of the Gaza Strip where there … Read more
