October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
They [the Israelis] ignored one of the advice of the Florentine clerk that “Don’t wound a deadly enemy and let him live to recover. Either turn him into a friend or kill him!” Israeli leaders tried to apply to Hamas the strategy they had used against hostile Arab neighbors since …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The US and Israel continue to base their policies on the fiction that the Palestinian Authority is willing to coexist with the Jewish state. “We made [the Israelis] think Hamas was busy with governing Gaza, and that it wanted to focus on the 2.5 million Palestinians [there] and had abandoned …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The countries of the European Union are divided over whether to continue aid to Gaza. However, the question of whether it is possible to help the civilian population without strengthening Hamas is not part of the current debate. Most international aid to Gaza is channeled through UNRWA, a UN agency …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Des négociations ? L’acteur et sa femme scénariste, Volodymyr et Olena Zelensky, se sont rendus à Washington. Pourquoi des mauvaises actions ? N’est-ce pas un peu dur ? Pas quand on sait que plus de 500 000 Ukrainiens sont morts jusqu’à présent. Espérons qu’ils ont un aller simple. Car lorsque …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Israel has become a theatre for gruesome spectacle Israel and Gaza are a Pathé newsreel of violence. Atrocity mounts upon atrocity. Blood smeared on gristle. Festivals mottled with corpses. Women dragged off to be raped and killed. And, now, perhaps the ultimate taboo. “This is the most difficult image we’ve …
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October 16, 2023 Africa, Eurasia
Au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient, les réactions face à l’offensive du Hamas contre Israël varient en fonction des liens entretenus avec Tel-Aviv. Mais les autorités doivent aussi composer avec une opinion publique totalement acquise à la cause palestinienne. Les réactions se multiplient dans les capitales du Maghreb et du monde …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
How the Security Establishment Could Have Underestimated the Hamas Threat Hamas’s devastating terrorist attack against Israel has unleashed the most violent and serious conflict the country has seen in half a century. Already, at least 1,000 Israelis (and 14 U.S. citizens) have been killed. It is an astronomical number for …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
America Must Prevail on Its Ally to Step Back From the Brink In the early morning of October 13, the Israeli military issued a warning to the 1.2 million Palestinians of northern Gaza: they must evacuate within 24 hours, in advance of a probable ground invasion. Such an Israeli assault …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
Si Israël a été surpris par l’attaque du Hamas, son armée a réussi à rétablir la situation en sa faveur en un temps très court. La conséquence d’une culture stratégique et militaire propre à l’État hébreu, et très différente de la France. Le pays se prépare désormais à un conflit …
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October 16, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The military is preparing to execute a wide-ranging offensive against the Hamas terrorist organization, including coordinated attacks from air, sea, and land. IDF Chief Spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari signaled on Saturday night that the fateful moment of the IDF’s counter-invasion of Gaza continues to draw closer. The military is …
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