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In a January 12, 2024 article in the Saudi daily Okaz titled "Is It Better to Establish Relations with the Enemy?", journalist and analyst Fahd Ibrahim Al-Dughaither calls to make peace with Israel and develop economic ties with it as a means to pressure it. As long as Israel exists, he argued, economic ties can be a way to influence its policy without the use of force;
"MbS needs security to attract investment, and Iran wants the economic dividends of ensuring security," expert and editor Mohammad Ali Shabani tells Newsweek.
Turkey is largely isolated in the Middle East. Partners are few and far between. Its closest ally, Qatar, has just made peace with its neighbours. Together with the change of power in the USA, this is forcing Ankara to rethink. Background by Kersten Knipp