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The UAE, backed by Israel, targets influential role in post-war Gaza

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  By James M. Dorsey If you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider subscribing to my column and podcast. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism that lets the chips fall where they fall. You can contribute by clicking on the subscription button at https://jamesmdorsey.substack,com and choosing one of the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .    Thank you for your support and loyalty.    United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed is manoeuvring to replace Qatar as the main Gulf player in post-war Gaza with the backing of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Messrs. Bin Zayed and Netanyahu see humanitarian aid provided by the Emirates and the prospect of UAE-funded post-war reconstruction as a way to marginalise Hamas and drive a wedge between the group’s leadership and Hamas-appointed civil administrators. Sultan Mohammed Al Shamsi, th
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The US elections, not ceasefire talks, likely to shape Israel’s wars

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  Iranian politician and prosecutor Mostafa Pourmohammadi stares down Donal J. Trump in an Iranian election poster By James M. Dorsey If you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider subscribing to my column and podcast. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism that lets the chips fall where they fall. You can contribute by clicking on the subscription button at https://jamesmdorsey.substack,com and choosing one of the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click   here .  Thank you for your support and loyalty.  Next week’s US election rather than a US-led push for ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon , is likely to determine the course of Israel’s wars, no more so than with Iran. A post-election escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran would overshadow, if not render obsolete whatever progress CIA Director Bill Burns may make on Gaza in talks in Cairo this wee
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Israel’s Loss of a Moral Compass

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  By James M. Dorsey If you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider subscribing to my column and podcast. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism that lets the chips fall where they fall. You can contribute by clicking on the subscription button at https://jamesmdorsey.substack,com and choosing one of the subscription options.  To read further, listen to the podcast, or watch the video click here . To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click   here .  Thank you for your support and loyalty.  Two incidents in the past week shine a spotlight on Israel’s loss of a moral compass. The incidents highlight the failure of Israel’s government, society, and institutions to enforce universally recognised moral, ethical, and professional norms and hold to account military and civilian professionals. The incidents also suggest that stepped-up US and European pressure is needed to save Israel from it
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Israel’s limited retaliation against Iran demonstrates US can force Netanyahu’s hand

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  Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vs Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Credit: OpIndia By James M. Dorsey   A earlier version of this story appeared on Channel News Asia . If you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider subscribing to my column and podcast. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism that lets the chips fall where they fall. You can contribute by clicking on the subscription button and choosing one of the subscription options.  To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .  Thank you for your support and loyalty.  This weekend’s carefully calibrated Israeli retaliatory strike s at Iranian military targets could lower the risk of an all-out Middle East war, particularly if Iran decides not to respond. The Iranian military said as much by suggesting in a statement that Iran reserved the right to defend itself but may not respond to the attack if Israel ag
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Blinken touts problematic UAE plan for post-war Gaza

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  Credit: The Atlantic By James M. Dorsey If you value independent, fact-based analysis, please consider subscribing to my column and podcast. Paid subscribers help ensure the survival of The Turbulent World’s unvarnished journalism that lets the chips fall where they fall. You can contribute by clicking on the subscription button at https://jamesmdorsey.substack,com and choosing one of the subscription options.    To watch a video version of this story   or  listen to a n audio podcast click  here .  Thank you for your support and loyalty.  US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is jumping through hoops on his 11 th Middle East tour in the past year. As he attempts to revive the stalled Gaza ceasefire talks and secure agreement on post-war arrangements in the Strip, Mr. Blinken is discovering that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may not be the only party pooper. So is Mahmoud Abbas, the internationally recognised, West Bank-based Palestinian president. Mr. Blinken is touti
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