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A scene of destruction after an air strike in Khan Yunis – on March 6
In today’s press tour, we take a look at several articles published regarding the developments of the war in the Gaza Strip and its repercussions, and we start with an opinion article published by the editorial board of the American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal”, entitled “Democrats turn against Israel”, as it addresses the impact of the Gaza war on The relationship between the administration of US President Joe Biden and the Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu.
The newspaper says that Netanyahu’s public statement in which he said that Israeli goals in the war on Gaza “will not be prevented by any international pressure” is interpreted as a challenge to President Biden, which means (that the scenes) hide a shift in the nature of American dealings with Israel, according to Wall Street. Journal.
“Israel does not need the trembling Biden administration to give it the green light on Rafah.”
According to the newspaper, the Israelis notice the change in Biden’s language, from his previous speech calling for “defeating Hamas,” to attacking the Prime Minister of Israel and calling for a “two-state solution.”
Indicating that this is a method followed by Joe Biden to satisfy the anti-Israel left, but without alienating the majority of voters who find it unreasonable to turn against Israel during a time of war.
The newspaper proves this by asking: “Otherwise, how can we explain the red line that Biden set regarding Rafah, the last stronghold of Hamas?” It quotes Israeli officials as saying that “Biden’s red line is political, not military,” considering that the American army “also sees the necessity of overthrowing Rafah.”
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The newspaper says that none of the political solutions in Gaza will succeed if the Hamas brigades remain as they are, adding that Biden uses the casualty numbers published by Hamas in Gaza to condemn Israel, without relying on the numbers of the Israeli army, which says it killed 13,000 armed Hamas members. .
She criticized an American intelligence assessment, published on Monday, that blamed Netanyahu and predicted large protests against him, saying that it was unusual for the United States to treat Israel in this way. “We are accustomed to it with hostile dictatorial regimes, not allied democracies.”
The newspaper also indicated in its statement, President Biden’s support for Senator Chuck Schumer’s statements that the Israelis should dismiss “elect Netanyahu.”
She adds that what is more dangerous than that is the delay in American arms transfers, and the leaked threats to cut off weapons, and says that “Israel does not need the weak Biden administration to give it the green light regarding Rafah.”
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Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli raid on a house, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip
“Does Gaza contribute to resolving the region’s issues?”
To our second stop, in the Qatari newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, in which writer Abdel Basset Sida asked about the extent to which what is happening in Gaza contributes to resolving the region’s issues.
Seda says that it has become clear that local, regional and international parties have been trying to invest in what has been happening in Gaza for more than five months.
The writer believes that there are several levels:
- Israeli level: “Netanyahu is trying by all means, and at the expense of the blood of the children and women of the Gaza Strip, to achieve something,” despite his chronic and intractable disagreements with his political opponents within the opposition, and within the government coalition itself, to save his personal and political future, according to the writer’s description.
- On the opposite side (Palestinian): It is noted that the intra-Palestinian competitive differences, especially between the Fatah and Hamas movements, are still active and come to the surface at any turn, which affects the morale of the Palestinians at home, and their image abroad, Arab, Islamic and international, according to Seida.
- On the Iranian side: “There is a strong desire to benefit from what happened and is happening in Gaza.” It was agreed to assign Al-Houthi the task of obstructing international navigation. Which constitutes additional pressure on the Europeans and even on China in terms of delaying the ongoing arrival of exports and imports in this important sea corridor. While Tehran and Hezbollah are trying to reach political agreements with Western countries, especially the United States, in Lebanon, Iraq, and even Syria, this is despite some dynamic operations here and there, as the writer mentions in his article.
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Yemeni Houthis near a mural bearing images of military and political figures linked to Iranian-backed groups
Abdul Basit Sida refers to what he described as important meetings in Baghdad within the framework of the security mechanism between Iraq and Turkey, and what they reached by considering the Kurdistan Workers’ Party organization a threat to Iraqi security, in addition to considering its presence on Iraqi territory a violation of the Iraqi constitution itself.
He adds that the agreements that resulted from the Turkey-Iraq meetings will have immediate and future repercussions on the situation in Syria.
Hence, the writer says, he believes that reaching Turkish-American understandings with both Iran and Russia will contribute to political breakthroughs that put an end to Iranian penetration in both Syria and Lebanon, noting that, after what is happening in Gaza, and what may happen in the future, there will be no There is a regional and international will that turns a blind eye to Iranian expansion into the Gulf region, which is adjacent to the most cohesive, wealthiest, and most important Arab blocs on the geopolitical level, and the ability to communicate with the Arab and Islamic worlds, and with various international blocs.
The writer concludes his speech by saying that if a solution is reached in Palestine, Syria, and Iraq, of course, the issue of reaching a solution to the Lebanese situation will be merely a result of the outcome.
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Supporters of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut
“In Gaza… Emirati influence first, and Saudi influence later.”
To the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, in which researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies Yoel Guzansky called for increasing Emirati (first) and Saudi (later) influence in Gaza.
The writer said, in his opinion, that Abu Dhabi shares Israel’s interest in removing Hamas from Gaza’s authority, weakening its ideology and severing its relations with the Iranian axis, but Gozanski considered that Israel, in return, must pay a price.
He points out that Israel expects the “moderate” Arab countries, meaning the UAE and Saudi Arabia, to lead the financing of reconstruction in Gaza, indicating that resuming normalization efforts is a clear Israeli interest, and that it will pay a greater price for achieving it with Saudi Arabia than what was discussed before the war, especially since the feelings Anti-Israelism has increased in the region, according to the author’s description.
He believes that the Gulf state has an interest in this, due to American incentives that would enhance its stability and security, improve its public image on the international scene, and achieve financial gains, noting that the Saudi agreement to move forward in normalizing relations with Israel depends on the price that will be imposed on Israel and the United States. On payment.
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The ruins of Hamad Towers after their destruction in an Israeli military operation in the town of Khan Yunis
In contrast, the writer says that the UAE is already playing a more active role when it comes to humanitarian aid to southern and central Gaza. It has established water desalination plants, sent aid via Egypt, airdropped more food and medicine, built a field hospital, and is now the main financier and operator of maritime transportation of aid. From Cyprus to a temporary dock in northern Gaza.
He points out that the Emiratis’ support for civilians in Gaza could improve its standing in Arab public opinion, which has criticized its ongoing diplomatic relations with Israel, and for this reason Israel will be asked to pay the price for maintaining these relations as well, by agreeing to a clear path and timetable towards the establishment of a state. An independent Palestinian state, according to the article.
According to the writer, Israel would like to see the UAE as a successor to Qatar in its influence inside Gaza, and he ends his article by saying: “Their contributions to Gaza should not wait for the day after the war, but rather they must begin now.”
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