In this op-ed, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Hugh Lovatt explain what Europe’s role should be in the Israel-Hamas war
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Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia is problematic for Iran, especially after a year of revolutions, diplomatic isolation and ultimate collapse of nuclear negotiations
Since the Abraham Accords, the Palestinian cause has been progressively marginalised. Hamas wanted to completely blow up the agreement by playing on the emotionality of the cause in the Muslim world
As violence escalates in Gaza, they may also see a chance to drive out a significant part of Gaza’s population into Egypt and prevent their future return
There is no prospect of EU diverting part of Ukraine aid funds to #Israel or elsewhere
Europeans really seem to be struggling with both condemning Hamas for a horrific terror attack while also saying that Palestinian people do not deserve collective punishment
The events of last Saturday will unleash an infernal reaction, escalation is inevitable; the only avoidable thing now is the regionalization of the conflict with actors such as Syria, Russia and Iran
Even if Israel can ultimately prevail, it is likely that it will take weeks to do so, at a tremendous cost in human lives
In some ways, this is a military takeover of Hamas. This is clearly where the center of power is, in the way it hasn’t been for some time