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Hussein Aboubakr Mansour

A new JCPOA-style agreement risks misreading the region’s trajectory: it would not stabilize the Middle East but re-empower Iran at the precise moment when its regional project is weakening.
Israelis keep pointing to the fact that events in Jerusalem, Gaza and the Israeli interior were not connected. Although this is empirically true, symbolic activities are by definition transcendent and not bound by empirical reality.
Arab media is still saturated with anti-Semitism and hatred towards Israel; yet for the first time, there are new voices, both official and non-official, taking a strong anti-Hamas position.
His decision to effectively cancel elections, while saving himself from a risky gamble, aggravates a volatile situation, angering Palestinians and Hamas alike.
In the Middle East, regimes have the nasty habit of tapping into holy causes for legitimacy, yet those holy causes become new religions that no one can control.
With each passing day, the situation seems to become more apparent: Lebanon is completely under the mercy of Iran.
In a decisive interview, Prince Bandar bin Sultan makes it all too clear: The days of Saudi unconditional support are over.