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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was speaking at an event in Delhi (File). New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has painted a bleak picture of where the world might be in five years, warning of a “very grim forecast” given military tension in West Asia, between Ukraine and Russia, and in Southeast Asia, as…
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Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack in Israel and Israel’s continuing war on Gaza have brought the Palestine question back to the fore of West Asia’s geopolitics. As the war has destroyed much of Gaza and killed 37,000 of its people, the world has also seen more and more countries voicing strong support for a future…
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A Palestinian man walks past shuttered shops during a general strike in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on October 18, 2023, a day after a rocket hit a Gaza hospital killing hundreds. | Photo Credit: ZAIN JAAFAR Two Data Points published last week explored the impoverished nature of the Palestinian territories, especially Gaza, and…
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Depleted resources: A Palestinian man gestures at a closed petrol station in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on October 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: SAID KHATIB The Data point published on October 23, 2023, titled ‘Five wars in 15 years stifled Gaza’s growth’ described how…
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas militants entered Israel in a surprise offensive, killing around 1400 people. Israel has retaliated in a continuing series of ferocious air strikes targeting the Gaza Strip, including areas it earlier designated as safe zones for Palestinians. It is also reportedly amassing troops and tanks for a ground invasion; residents of…
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The story so far: The Biden administration on October 20 sought emergency assistance from the U.S. Congress amounting to $14.3 billion in aid to Israel amid the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza Strip. In an address to the nation, U.S. President Joe Biden declared his support for Israel [and Ukraine as well, against Russia]…
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Palestinians inspect the damage after overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Since the beginning of Israeli strikes following Hamas’ surprise attack in southern Israel on October 7, over 4,700 people have died in the Gaza Strip, according to reports from the territory’s leaders….
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Watch | What does the Hamas attack mean for Israel, Palestine and West Asia? The unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, which killed some 1,200 Israelis, has exposed chinks in Israel’s security model, brought the Palestine issue back to the fore of West Asia’s geopolitical cauldron and triggered a massive military response from…
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“We have decided to put an end to all of the occupation’s crimes. The time is over for them [Israel] to [continue to] act without accountability,” said Mohammad Deif, the secretive commander of al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, on October 7. His audio statement was telecast on TV after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack that…
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The corridor is a major deal signed by India during the G20 summit. At the recently-concluded G20 summit, India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced the launch of a new trade corridor connecting India to the Middle East and Europe through land and sea routes. The ‘India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor’ is part of…
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