Countries in the region know they have a lot to fear from the Israel-Hamas war spilling over. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Protests have been held in the Middle East against Israel's bombardment of Gaza, which is in response to a Hamas attack.
Israel said its investigations showed a group called Islamic Jihad was responsible and the damage was inconsistent with aerial bombardment. Normalisation with Israel is not dead, but putting it back on the table will require clear progress towards the goal of Palestinian statehood, two sources with knowledge of the Saudi leadership’s thinking on this issue said.
The UAE’s leader spoke by phone with his Israeli counterpart about the need to defuse tensions following Hamas’ Oct 7 attack, according to a government statement. Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, its state oil company and British energy company BP have faced uncertainty over their US$2 billion joint quest to take private NewMed Energy, an Israeli natural-gas producer.
Jordan and Saudi Arabia are playing a central role. King Abdullah II of Jordan spoke by phone to US President Joe Biden.Disquiet is visible on the streets in many Arab nations in the wake of the bombing campaign Israel has waged since the attack by Hamas, which the US and European Union designate a terrorist group.“Down, down with normalisation, down, down with America” was the chant at a massive demonstration on Wednesday night.
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