In the game of Syria, the US and Europe hold the cards MENASource by Rime Allaf
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during an online joint news conference with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock at the conclusion of a conference Supporting the future of Syria and the region at the European Commission headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, March 30, 2021. Francisco Seco/Pool via REUTERS
President Joe Biden’s first foreign policy address at the State Department on February 4 was heavy on platitudes and light on substantive positions, especially for a region that has always been an important focus of previous US administrations for decades.
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Israel Grabs More Private Palestinian Land in The West Bank Published April 23rd, 2021 - 05:38 GMT
A man argues with members of the Israeli security forces deployed during clashes with Palestinian protesters outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem s Old City on April 22, 2021. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
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More Palestinian lands aretaken by Israel.
Israeli authorities have seized thousands of square meters of more private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, as the Tel Aviv regime goes ahead with land expropriation and settlement construction policies in blatant defiance of international law and UN Security Council resolutions.
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Hassan Bureijia, head of the Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bethlehem, said Israeli officials grabbed 147 dunam (147,000 square meters) of Palestinian-owned land west of Bethlehem, situated about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) south of Jerusalem al-Quds, on Thursday, Palestine’s official WAFA news agency reported.
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The COVAX Facility has delivered over 1 million doses of Pfizer–BioNTech and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to 14 participating economies in the Region so far. This global initiative is co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and WHO. It is helping the lower- and middle-income economies in the Region to deploy COVID-19 vaccines in tandem with high-income countries, thereby contributing to the goal of ensuring equitable access to this global public good.
Supply of vaccine doses through COVAX is expected to increase substantially in the coming weeks, including more deliveries of these 2 vaccines and potentially others that are part of the broad portfolio of promising vaccine candidates.
Why Does New President Biden Follow Old Policy on North Korea?
Deterrence and engagement are possible, but putting Pyongyang in a corner through maximum pressure and demands for denuclearization could risk stumbling into war.
At the first in-person bilateral meeting of his administration, President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minster Yoshihide Suga reaffirmed their mutual commitment to pursuing a denuclearized North Korea. These statements come nearly a month after President Biden singled out North Korea as Washington’s number one foreign policy challenge in response to Pyongyang’s recent ballistic missile tests. However, while the goal of a denuclearized North Korea is nearly considered gospel within the American foreign policy establishment, it would be remiss to allow such a misguided policy to go un-scrutinized. Viewed clearly, the aggressive pursuit of a denuclearized North Korea is not only founded on faulty assumptions, but it threatens to provoke the very nightmare W