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من شأن تهديد إسرائيل بوقف إعفاء مصرفي أن يشل النشاط المالي في الضفة الغربية، الأمر الذي سيتسبب في انهيار اقتصادي ويخاطر بانهيار السلطة الفلسطينية – مع تداعيات خطيرة على فلسطينيي الضفة الغربية – وربما على إسرائيل أيضاً. ينبغي على الولايات المتحدة أن تضغط على إسرائيل لتغيير مسارها.
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It’s very unlikely Israel will allow any fully fledged civil entity to take over [in Gaza.] At best we’re looking at dysfunctional governance run by aid organizations.
Nobody in the Israeli political establishment is willing to say ‘stop the war’.
There is an Israeli narrative in the [Gaza] war, and an international narrative, and they don’t really meet.
The Egyptian acts are pushed on the one hand by a sense of solidarity with the Palestinian cause but on the other hand as a matter of security.
I think, hopefully, [the ICC arrest warrants] should give Israel's backers — the U.S., U.K., Germany, those providing arms to Israel — cause to reconsider that support.
This resolution [for Palestinian UN membership] is a very clear signal to Israel and the US that it is time to take Palestinian statehood seriously.
In this online event, Crisis Group experts from our MENA and U.S. Programs discuss the latest developments in Israel and Gaza, what’s new regarding the ceasefire talks, and what should happen next.
The United Arab Emirates signed the 2020 Abraham Accords with Israel in pursuit of strategic benefits. During the Gaza war, costs are becoming clear. Abu Dhabi shows no sign of rethinking normalisation, but it might consider smaller steps to register discontent with the Israeli campaign.
يُعدُّ اتفاق وقف إطلاق النار الذي اقترحته الولايات المتحدة أفضل – وربما آخر – أمل، سواءٌ لإنهاء حرب غزة أو لإعادة الرهائن المحتجزين في القطاع في وقت قريب. ينبغي على قادة إسرائيل وحماس قبول الاتفاق.
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s experts Ali Vaez, Mairav Zonszein and Stephen Pomper about the Iranian president’s sudden death and the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s arrest warrants requests for Israeli and Hamas leaders.
The ICC prosecutor has said he is seeking arrest warrants for top Hamas and Israeli figures in connection with crimes committed since 7 October 2023. In this Q&A, Crisis Group experts Brian Finucane, Stephen Pomper and Mairav Zonszein examine the legal and political implications.
In this video Riccardo Fabiani discusses how Cairo has turned the crisis somewhat to its advantage, leveraging Western fears that what is happening in Gaza could destabilise Egypt.
منذ تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2023، يتبادل حزب الله وإسرائيل النيران عبر الحدود اللبنانية الإسرائيلية. في هذا الجزء من قائمة الصراعات التي تجدر مراقبتها في عام 2024، تتناول مجموعة الأزمات الكيفية التي يستطيع الاتحاد الأوروبي ودوله الأعضاء من خلالها منع تصاعد الصراع واستعادة درجة أكبر من الاستقرار.
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