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Arab parties could help replace Netanyahu, but opposition to accepting their support exposes the limits of political equality in Israel. Hebrew reporting, polling and Israeli commentary reveal the struggle over whose votes can shape a government.
France
French students are protesting over overcrowded classrooms, missing teachers and deteriorating buildings while their government commits billions more to defence, reveals the choices behind the crisis: how to manage public debt, whether austerity undermines…
Britain did not merely fail to resolve the conflict in Palestine. From the Balfour Declaration to the Mandate, mass immigration, the crushing of the…
Middle East
Public shipping maps make the Strait of Hormuz look almost deserted, but satellite imagery and specialist maritime tracking reveal a different picture. Saudi tankers are crossing with AIS switched off, Gulf oil is being…
Pipeline attacks and Ansar Allah’s coastal advance have exposed Saudi Arabia’s alternative to Hormuz. Repairing the damage may prove easier than securing the route.
BRICS
Ukraine goes unmentioned and Middle East divisions persist, but the BRICS New Delhi declaration advances a shared ambition for greater control over finance, trade and development.
Eight years after Meng Wanzhou’s arrest, Huawei faces a sweeping American criminal trial whose timing threatens to overshadow Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington.
United States
After 264 consecutive days without a full port call, the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in Thailand carrying an exhausted crew. Its refuge was Pattaya, a city transformed by American servicemen during the Vietnam War.
Washington believes unprecedented sanctions can force Iran into submission. But the strategy depends upon Chinese cooperation, while Tehran retains the power to disrupt Gulf…