John T. Bennett | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call

A Middle East Monaco? Trump did not mention the Gazan population.

“Could someone make Gaza into something that all the Palestinian people would be proud of, would want to live in,” Hewitt asked. “But the long-term planning and diplomatic efforts remain in their nascent stages, as the crisis diplomacy focused on achieving a cease-fire and hostage release has understandably been the higher priority.”

Katulis gave the Biden administration a C- in the Middle East Institute’s April and July Middle East policy report card. It will seek survival, operating in a more limited manner and likely avoiding direct confrontation to reduce losses,” James wrote. “Dire humanitarian conditions will help it recruit, and it will exploit opportunities to regroup forces wherever it can.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2024 18:27 UTC