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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates The 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation opens an emergency meeting Sunday over the heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas, the first major move among Mideast nations still grappling with how to address the conflict.
While the Arab League and organizations like the Saudi-based OIC have maintained their view that the Palestinians should have their own independent state, Israel recently has reached recognition deals with several of its members. That, as well as the concerns of some nations over Hamas, has seen a somewhat muted response to the attacks as opposed to the full-throated response of decades past.
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Workers clear the rubble of a building that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, that housed The Associated Press, broadcaster Al-Jazeera and other media outlets, in Gaza City, May 16. AP
The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) opened an emergency meeting on Sunday over the heavy fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers, the first major move among Mideast nations still grappling with how to address the conflict.
While the Arab League and organisations like the Saudi-based OIC have maintained their view that the Palestinians should have their own independent state, Israel recently has reached recognition deals with several of its members. That, as well as the concerns of some nations over Hamas, has seen a somewhat-muted response to the attacks as opposed to the full-throated response of decades past.
The United States and the United Nations said they were working for a Gaza ceasefire when they briefed a special Security Council meeting that convened virtually, as Hamas barraged Israel with rockets for the seventh-day in a row and the IDF launched counter strikes. “The US has been working tirelessly through diplomatic channels to try […]
In 2020, the Trump administration successfully pushed four Arab nations - the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco - to recognize the state of Israel in a.