June, 2021

• 2 June

  As Hamas Claims Victory, Analysts Say Its Rival Fatah May Be Weakened

  ‘The Palestinian public is rallying around the Islamist movement’ The latest round of violence between Israel and Gaza has once more placed the spotlight on the relationship between the Palestinians’ two largest factions, Fatah, the ruling party in the West Bank, and Hamas, the group that governs the Gaza Strip. …

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• 2 June

  Hamas’ Tunnel Apparatus Set Back Years, Israel Says

  Still, not many strategic alternatives remain for the organization ruling Gaza, expert says While the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas shows encouraging signs of enduring four days in, the Israeli military has already begun compiling a new list of sites and facilities slated to be targeted by its air …

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• 2 June

  Israel-Gulf Relations Pass First Major Test, Israel-Gaza Fighting, Unscathed

  Still, the fighting may hurt chances of further agreements. Meanwhile, American Israeli businessman says business with Emirati companies has been progressing as usual With justified festivity, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed normalization agreements and established full diplomatic relations in 2020, with the aid of American mediation. They …

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• 2 June

  Blinken Vows Restoration of Ties with Palestinian Authority

  In visit to Ramallah, US secretary of state pledges massive development and economic aid for Palestinians and to rebuild Gaza, reopening of Jerusalem consulate, upgrading of US-Palestinian ties US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Tuesday to restore ties with the Palestinian Authority and pledged financial aid to help rebuild …

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• 1 June

  Reimagining the Future of China-US Competition

  

  How governments imagine the future – including the future of war – shapes their responses and planning in the present. There are relatively few points of substantive agreement between the Trump administration, the Biden administration, and the D.C.-based foreign policy commentariat. But the idea that the United States and China …

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• 1 June

  Will Afghanistan Collapse When the US Withdraws?

  

  The fate of the Afghan government following the Soviet withdrawal is more complex than sometimes assumed. That has lessons for Kabul today. On February 8, 1988, then-President Mikhail Gorbachev announced that the Soviet Union would withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan. That withdrawal began on May 15 and was completed …

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• 1 June

  Rocket Artillery Can Keep Russia Out of the Baltics

  

  Although a significant conflict between NATO and Russia is unlikely, a war of limited aims remains a distinct and dangerous possibility — and in almost any scenario in this context, the conflict will center on the Baltic states. The RAND Corporation’s 2016 report on the Baltic scenario highlighted the region’s …

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• 1 June

  To Counter Russia In Africa, America Should Rethink Its Own Role

  

  Retired Maj. Gen. Marcus Hicks and Gen. Sembé Bobo don’t have a lot in common. Hicks led U.S. Special Operations Command, Africa, from 2017 to 2019. Bobo, on the other hand, commands 3R, an armed militia in the Central African Republic. Nevertheless, the two men are on record raising similar …

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• 1 June

  Russia’s Timid Approach to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

  

  The Kremlin has taken an emphatically neutral position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict “I would like to thank U.S. President Joe Biden and other countries, including European countries, that have flown the Israeli flag on government buildings in solidarity”, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday. “And I thank U.S. …

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• 1 June

  Terrorist infiltrates Gaza border, stabs man in Israeli border town

  

  Though the terrorist was neutralized, residents of Yated and the nearby Sde Avraham have been instructed to lock their doors and stay inside while additional forces scan the area. The terrorist who injured a security patrol member near the Gaza border on Sunday evening was a Palestinian resident of Gaza …

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