Arab Digest

The leading source of commentary and analysis on the Middle East and North Africa

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

⚠️📢 We are thrilled to announce the launch of AD's All New Top Ten Podcast Countdown!
First up at no. 10 is @SanamVakil Understanding Iran first broadcast 8 October 2024 a week after Iran had hit Israel with ballistic missiles. @ch_menap
🎧Listen NOW!
https://t.co/kLyGwe9sdd

[France ONU Genève 🇫🇷🇺🇳 @FranceONUGeneve]

The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.

#AmericaAlone

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

Nearly half of Americans want Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be arrested by US authorities during his visit to the US, according to an Economist/YouGov poll cited by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
https://t.co/IaULbALvAk

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

🚨OUT NOW! 🚨
Iran isn't targeting the Gulf by accident.
Defence and security analyst @andreas_krieg argues #Gulf states are the “weak underbelly” of #America's regional military posture – and #Tehran knows it. @BillLaw49
🎧 Listen now to discover why. https://t.co/GSuiKoV0Cm

[فؤاد ابراهيم @fuadibrahim2008]

It summarizes the whole game

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

As victory by the "anti-Netanyahu bloc" would represent "a change in face and name only", decent people everywhere might well hope the "Netanyahu bloc" remains in power, potentially compelling at least some Western governments to take practical action.
https://t.co/8oDL5SZIQi

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

🚨OUT NOW! 🚨
Who can absorb more pain? ⚔️
According to @andreas_krieg, that's the question that matters most.
Listen to this week’s podcast to understand why #Iran may hold the strategic advantage. ⬇️🎧💪
https://t.co/3U7UUTTnwQ

[Hugh Miles @hughasaurus]

From a bloodless palace coup in 1995 to single-handedly transforming Qatar into a global powerhouse—read my obituary of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former Emir who permanently reshaped the modern Middle East. 🧵👇https://t.co/McFvEJrHNX

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

The British people believe that Israel is committing genocide.

That’s according to a new YouGov poll which has been studiously ignored by the media.

50% believe that Israel’s actions in Gaza “constitute a genocide” - with just 17% saying the opposite.

[Caabu @Caabu]

Caabu Press Release: 50% of the British population believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Only 17% believe that Israel is not committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

https://t.co/ANJ83mkJpX

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

Are you also concerned that Donald Trump, in a moment of frustration that doing the same thing (bomb, bomb, bomb Iran ... conventionally) produces the same result (Iranian steadfastness and retaliation), will resort to the nuclear option? https://t.co/7c5yK2ehUC

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

🚨NEW PODCAST! 🚨
Who wins this war? 💥
Not the US. Not Iran. Not Israel. ❌
Dr. @andreas_krieg asserts the real battle is over the future regional order. @BillLaw49
Tune in to understand what's at stake. 🎧 https://t.co/GSuiKoV0Cm

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

🚨OUT NOW! 🚨
"What #Britain should offer isn't military power—it's moral leadership." 🇬🇧
Dr. @andreas_krieg argues the #UK should stand up for its own liberal values, starting with #Gaza. @MENAanalytica
Tune in to know more. 🎧➡️ https://t.co/3U7UUTTnwQ

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

🚨NEW PODCAST! 🚨
“Time is always on the side of the Iranians.” ⏳
Military superiority doesn't automatically translate into political success. Dr. @andreas_krieg explains why in this podcast episode. ⬇️
#MiddleEast #IranWar
🔗 https://t.co/GSuiKoV0Cm

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

Prince Abdullah had a blood alcohol level of 222mg per 100ml of blood, almost three times England’s legal drink-drive limit, as well as a fatal level of GHB, traces of cannabis and multiple anti-anxiety medications including Xanax. https://t.co/yuC7HO5yXp

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

Iran’s resilience and proxy warfare strategy have already shifted the regional power balance — the US and #Israel risk losing influence in the Middle East if they don’t adapt fast. @andreas_krieg #IranWar‌ #MiddleEast #Iran #USIranwar
Listen here ⬇️
https://t.co/GSuiKoV0Cm

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

This doesn't serve the interests of the US people but of course the interests of the US people are irrelevant to the political prostitutes who infest US Congress & who owe their primary allegiance to those who purchased/ terrorised them into subservience.
https://t.co/uqDvfGgG9F

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

🚨OUT NOW! 🚨
No war. No peace. ⚠️
This week, @andreas_krieg argues the region is entering a dangerous period of prolonged instability.
Tune in to discover what this means for the Gulf–and beyond. @BillLaw49
🔗 https://t.co/3U7UUTTnwQ

[Dr Andreas Krieg @andreas_krieg]

"This Houthi Saudi standoff may therefore remain outside the wider escalation between the United States and Iran. That is my hope, at least. There may be a way for the Saudis to deal with the Houthis directly, without the Bab al-Mandab becoming another Iranian bargaining chip in the broader negotiations with the United States. That is obviously what we are trying to avoid."
@arabdigest @BillLaw49

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[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

With Trump having virtually no hope of obtaining Iranian submission by conventional means yet having an ego that cannot tolerate being seen as a "loser", it would be surprising if he were not at least considering fulfilling Sheldon Adelson's last wish.
https://t.co/IGxVQDYPMq

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

What would the Saudi Arabian government and people have to lose if Saudi Arabia were to end its own decade-long blockade of the de facto government of Yemen and, perhaps, even to seek correct and cooperative relations with it?

https://t.co/oLL1N202RE

[Arab Digest @arabdigest]

Trump could do this. The US could simply veto all other candidates for Secretary-General and threaten to withhold all its funding to the UN, which is already so far in arrears as to threaten the UN with bankruptcy, if Trump doesn't get his way
https://t.co/fn6QmN4Bi0