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Truce or "fragile peace" in the Gaza Strip

As of 27 November 2023, a ceasefire is still in place in the Gaza Strip. According to the agreements reached, the parties to the conflict continue to exchange hostages (a third round of hostage exchanges is already being prepared). And the list of main mediators in this important matter is growing: Qatar, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, the US and Russia. Hamas is interested in preserving the truce and receiving the necessary external humanitarian aid (including medicines, fuel, food, removal of seriously wounded to hospitals in Turkey and Arab countries). The first stage of the prisoner exchange took place on 24 November…

Alexandr Svaranc

Israel is in danger of economic collapse

The aftermath of Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October has left Israeli companies devastated as settlers face an unfamiliar situation, unprecedented in the absence of government financial injections and aid for them. More than a month into the Hamas operation, the war in Gaza has had a devastating effect on Israeli business activity, with hundreds of companies on the verge of bankruptcy. Economists and financiers estimate that the initial cost of the Gaza war to Tel Aviv is $51 billion, or about 10 per cent of Israel’s GDP. Israel’s Labour Ministry reports that some 765,000 Israelis…

Viktor Mikhin

The number of mediators has no impact on the outcome of the Hamas-Israel confrontation

For more than a week, the Middle East has been the focal point of a “heated conflict” between Hamas rebels and Israel Defense Forces. This war’s brutality is astounding in terms of the number of dead and wounded on both sides, the intensity of the exchange of fire, and the amount of collateral damage. More than 1,500 casualties over the course of nine to ten days of battle is a record for Israel. War is usually predictable because it is preceded by political inconsistencies that cannot be handled diplomatically, the assembling…

Alexandr Svaranc

Is the Israeli crisis a harbinger of global catastrophe or a solution to the Palestinian question?

Alexandr Svaranc

Israel and Its Doctrine of Strategic Depth

Sarmad Ishfaq

Israel and Saudi Arabia - Will it be against or for the agreement?

Alexandr Svaranc

Israel, After All, Fears Iran...

Alexandr Svaranc

Israel and the ‘New’ Middle East

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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