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But analysts say the White House has little in the way of a coherent strategy to cool the soaring tensions in Gaza, and appears to have been caught off guard by the current Israeli-Palestinian escalation, which is now reverberating dangerously through the wider Middle East. The crisis is showing signs of spreading, as Israeli officials blame their Arab counterparts across the region for not doing enough to help quell increasingly ugly anti-Israel protests in mixed communities across the country, including in Jerusalem. Foreign policy analysts say that in a worst-case scenario, the violence co...

What to know about the Israel, Hamas escalation as Biden faces pressure on Palestinian rights Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – At the heart of the deadly clashes between Hamas militants and Israeli security forces is a legal fight over property. But not just any property, or just any landowners. It revolves around a group of Palestinian families who face eviction from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, amid property claims by Jewish settlers. The court battle has reignited decades-old tensions and sparked ...

"The connection between the BRI and the strategic partnerships it creates in the region... allows it to gradually take over the region without creating tensions with the U.S. or the West. In other words, the BRI is a sophisticated Chinese plan to transfer hegemony from the West and the U.S. to China without war or conflict". — Dr. Mordechai Chaziz, author of the book China's Middle East Diplomacy: The Belt and Road Strategic Partnership. "China has signed documents on Belt and Road cooperation with 19 Middle East countries," Wang told Al Arabiya during his visit to Saudi Arabia, one of th...

Monday, March 15, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am For the past decade, Syria has been ravaged by violent armed conflict. The civil war has displaced 6.2 million people internally with 6.6 million seeking asylum abroad. The international and local aid communities have mobilized assistance for the 13 million Syrians in need—an 18 percent increase from last year—yet without a political solution to hostilities, the humanitarian crisis will persist.  The CSIS Humanitarian Agenda will be joined by Alex Mahoney, Syria Response Director of USAID's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, and series contrib...

Former US president Donald Trump's mould-breaking approach has reshaped decades of Middle East diplomacy, but his legacy in the troubled region has quickly come under attack from his successor.