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
An anonymous Saudi Arabian official told Al-Arabiya on Tuesday that the only possible route for Saudi to establish ties with Israel is through the establishment of Palestinian statehood. “We don’t have a partner on the other side that is helping us to make this step,” the official said while claiming that normalization with Israel … Read more
Recently, I had a series of meetings with Salam Fayyad, former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. The first meeting was part of seminars I am hosting at the Middle East Study Centre that I am directing in Britain. Other participants in this conversation were Sir Tom Phillips and Sir Vincent Fean. Phillips served … Read more
India is committed to support a two-state solution where the Palestinian people are able to live freely in an independent country, with due regard to the security needs of Israel, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj has said. Delivering an address at the United Nations General Assembly Meeting on the Use of … Read more
Earlier this week, 99 out of the 120 members of the Knesset voted against unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. The rare moment of near-consensus in Israel’s fractious parliament was meant as a rebuke of American efforts toward Palestinian statehood. Last week, reports emerged that the Biden administration was planning a renewed push for … Read more
