Middle East
U.S. warship intercepts projectiles off Yemen, as drone strikes on American bases in Syria and Iraq join ongoing Hezbollah attacks on Israel from Lebanon.
“Any response, should one occur, will come at a time and a manner of our choosing,” said a U.S. Department of Defense spokesman.
The United Arab Emirates was the first Arab country to directly condemn the Hamas attacks.
Egypt’s president said the massacre of 1,400 Israelis was the result of “accumulated fury and hatred.”
The U.S. secretary of state’s whirlwind Middle East tour was part of an American effort to shore up regional allies and prevent a wider conflict.
“What Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible,” the Israeli prime minister told southern leaders.
The Gaza-based terror group’s assault on Israel was “serious and grave escalation,” said the Gulf kingdom.
The responses to Hamas barbarism must include Jewish unity, an end to biased media coverage of Palestinian terrorism and a refusal to let these murderers profit from their crimes.
Iran supports Hamas “until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem,” says senior adviser to Ayatollah Khamenei Yahya Rahim Safavi.
“American interests would be best furthered by helping the parties find additional areas of agreement,” said Shoshana Bryen of the Jewish Policy Center.
Despite the numerous direct and indirect security advantages of a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, there are also several potential risks.
“Our common respect for God and tradition can serve as a bedrock for harmony between our peoples,” Shlomo Karhi told the audience at the Universal Postal Union’s 2023 Extraordinary Congress.
