Concepts of #gender are shifting across the #Arab_world. Tunisian writer Amel Grami reflects on emerging approaches to gender analysis in the region and examines how #colonial legacies have shaped existing perceptions.
📍Check out my latest interview ⬇️
https://t.co/grMBdngLNO
🇺🇸🇮🇷☢️Scoop: President Trump's envoys Witkoff & Kushner traveled to the national lab in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on Thursday for consultations with a new team of experts ahead of potential nuclear negotiations with Iran. @demarest_colin & I write for @axios
https://t.co/a6uwOX9ZVR
"הפגישה הזאת באוק רידג' לא אומרת שבהכרח יהיה הסכם, אבל היא סימן לכך שהמשא ומתן נמצא בשלב רציני מאוד ושיש סיכוי טוב להשלים אותו, ואנחנו רוצים להיות מוכנים", אמר בכיר אמריקני
To judge the U.S.-Lebanon-Israel statement on "pilot zones" for deployment of Lebanon's army, we should see what lies behind it: Israel's strategy to bolster its security by exacerbating the insecurity of neighboring countries and societies. Mine at Diwan: https://t.co/7spwsocifY
A State Department report to Congress seems to close of the possibility of US recognition for Somaliland.
Here’s a piece on that and recent Somaliland-Israel relations, including a secret meeting with Netanyahu and a trip for Jake Wallis Simons https://t.co/kX3vaUyKLK
“Although #Dahlan was one of #Hamas's staunchest opponents, he launched a dialogue with Hamas's new government led by #Sinwar in 2016 as a part of efforts to break the deadlock of Palestinian reconciliation”
More about Dahlan’s ties in #Gaza 🔽
https://t.co/teGRtklHcq
📍 Die Friedensgespräche zum #Gazastreifen sind in eine Sackgasse geraten. Nun erwägt der Friedensrat Alternativen. Doch kann das was werden?
https://t.co/QIelz5VaQy
A follow up on the report on threatening to revoke the Palestinian Ambassador vis, a State department official told us :
We take seriously our obligations under the UN Headquarters Agreement.
Due to visa record confidentiality, we have no comment on Department actions with respect to specific cases.
🚨The U.S.-led Board of Peace wants to start implementing its Gaza governance and reconstruction plan in the parts of Gaza that are not under Hamas control, as demilitarization talks with the group are deadlocked. My story on @axios
https://t.co/piHVYteZhh
Former chief of Saudi Intelligence Prince Turki Al-Faisal wrote:
“When Iran and others tried to drag the Kingdom into the furnace of destruction, our leadership chose to endure the pains caused by a neighbor in order to protect the lives and property of its citizens. Had the Kingdom wanted, and it is capable of doing so, to respond in kind to Iran by destroying Iranian facilities and interests, the outcome could have been the destruction of Saudi oil facilities and desalination plants along the Arabian Gulf coast, and even deep inside the Kingdom.
Had the Israeli plan to ignite war between us and Iran succeeded, the region would have been plunged into ruin and destruction. Thousands of our sons and daughters would have been lost in a battle in which we had no stake. Israel would have succeeded in imposing its will on the region and remained the only actor in our surroundings.”
مصدر سعودي للعربية:
. المملكة لم تسمح باستخدام أجوائها لدعم عمليات عسكرية هجومية
. المملكة تسعى للتهدئة وتدعم جهود باكستان للوصول إلى اتفاق ينهي الحرب
. هناك أطراف تسعى لإعطاء صورة مضللة عن موقف المملكة لأسباب مشبوهة
Important step. Analysts & journalists will now have more clarity on Saudi🇸🇦 positions, after Deputy Minister of Public Diplomacy Amb. Dr. @Rayedkrimly posted his first post a few hours ago. This matters in limiting speculation, misinformation & misrepresentation of Saudi policy.
PRESS RELEASE: Co-Chairs Call on U.S. Corporations to Reassess UAE Partnerships Amid Sudan Atrocity Concerns.
Letters call on Disney, Warner Bros., NBA and NFL to reassessment engagements that may risk enabling or obscuring human rights violations.
https://t.co/agmAe03oXI
MBS condemned the Iranian attacks on the UAE during a call with MBZ tonight, Saudi Arabia called on Iran to stop its attacks, and Riyadh voiced its backing of steps the UAE takes to “preserve its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity”
News: #US weighs sanctions relief, diplomatic reset with #Eritrea: WSJ
Citing current and former officials, the report said the initiative, still under review, aims to reopen high-level diplomatic channels with the long-isolated state, which controls more than 1,120 kms of #Red_Sea coastline.
U.S. officials believe Eritrea’s geographic position could prove pivotal in safeguarding alternative maritime routes critical for global trade and military transit, the WSJ report noted.
https://t.co/0QCM6Pgb3O
Forces from Libya's east- and west-based administrations participated in U.S. special forces exercises in the central city of Sirte on Tuesday in the first such joint military event including the former civil war rivals. https://t.co/2Dd1bs8bXW