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ANALYSIS/OPINION:
With a little imagination, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 might have been prevented. Islamist suicide terrorists had used cars, trucks and boats to deliver bombs. Why not jet planes? The proper authorities could have taken precautions. But they didn’t.
With a little imagination, the pandemic that originated in China in 2019 might not have been so devastating. The Spanish flu killed millions in 1918. Wasn’t a similar outbreak likely within a century or so either due to natural causes, carelessness or mischief? The proper authorities could have stocked adequate supplies of personal protective equipment, and formulated plans to mitigate the economic damage that such a health crisis would ignite. But they didn’t.
Ankara, Turkey – Two years ago, relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia stood at one of the lowest points in the history of the two regional powers following the murder in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
His killing in October 2018 at the hands of Saudi agents in the kingdom’s consulate led to unprecedented Turkish denouncements of the Saudi government, highlighting what it said was the role of those close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto ruler, in the assassination plot.
Today, however, ties between Ankara and Riyadh appear on the verge of a return to cordiality, thanks in part to the detente between Turkey’s ally Qatar and the four-nation Saudi-led bloc that imposed an embargo on Doha in 2017.
A Hamas Gov’t Might Not Be Recognized Internationally Dima Abumaria 01/25/2021
However, experts say the Islamist movement may take steps to avoid an aid boycott, including by nominating more pragmatic candidates
PA President and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, with the agreement of the opposition Hamas movement, has scheduled the first Palestinian elections in 15 years and experts say that if the Islamist group forms a government after the vote, it might not be recognized internationally.
The Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government formed after the movement won the 2006 legislative election faced a Western aid cutoff that hurt its ability to pay the salaries of the more than 160,000 PA employees.