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Yemen expands front against Israel to include Mediterranean Sea

Sanaa has warned that if the Israeli army enters Rafah, navigation in the ‘area of military operations’ will not be allowed The Yemeni armed forces announced on 3 May the start of the “fourth phase” of escalation against Israel and in support of Palestine, threatening to target Israeli-linked ships “anywhere …

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What comes first, a Rafah invasion or a Netanyahu ousting?

Facing domestic and international pressure for Israel’s US-backed Gaza assault, the Biden administration appears poised to throw Netanyahu under the proverbial bus. In Gaza, a metaphorical “hostage” scenario has emerged, centered on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose political future is being bartered at a steep political price. Although not physically …

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The US student Intifada: Palestine’s new soft power leverage

An unprecedented wave of US student protests in support of Gaza has dismantled Israeli soft power and handed it to Palestinians. On 18 April, students at Columbia University in New York initiated a sit-in on the campus lawn, protesting the Ivy League institution’s ongoing financial links to companies connected to …

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