The Egyptian reaction to the recent and mutual escalation between the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian resistance, led by Hamas, surprised all observers. Cairo was more neutral during the war against Gaza in 2009 and 2014, but this time, it became relatively biased towards the resistance. This transformation represents one of the several transformations that the Egyptian foreign policy has ...
United World International expert Onur Sinan Güzaltan spoke on recent developments in Turkey and Palestine to the Russian based website Rossaprimavera.ru. The interviews can be read in Russian languange here and here. Below we document the full interview. Ali Erbaş, The Turkish Diyanet’s head, delivered an Eid al-Fitr sermon in a black robe and with a sword to show his ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with 3 main topics. First, were the statements from President Erdogan, declaring that a new dialog on Cyprus can only advance pursued by the two şndependent states and not two communities. Second, were the reactions and protests demanding the shut down of Kurecik Radar Station in the Malatya Province of ...
Israel and the Palestinian Resistance have agreed with Egyptian mediation on an unconditional ceasefire after 11 days of intense attacks on Gaza. The tension that started with the assault of Israeli forces and settlers to Palestinians and Arab Knesset members in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem and escalated with the raid on Masjid al-Aqsa on May 7. ...
Recent Israeli aggressions and Palestinian response brought the role of Iran as a supporter of various Palestinian resistance groups into the focus again. United World International spoke to Foad Izadi, Associate Professor, Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran, on Iran’s position on the conflict and possible effects of resurging clashes on nuclear negotiations. What are Iran’s current actions in ...
Usually I don’t see TV news. I did an exception and I followed the English program of the German state television DW at 8.00 pm UTC time (23.00 Athens time) on May 12th. Crisis periods are extremely useful if you want to understand who is really controlling the media. In “usual” periods, media are provided, by those who control them, with ...
With the recent attacks of Israel on Palestinians and the response from Palestinian Organizations as well the Palestinian population, international diplomatic efforts have also accelerated. United World International has therefore prepared a dossier on the position and actions of major international actors and countries Egypt: Frequent cease-fire mediator Egypt, southern neighbor and only exit of the Gaza Strip, is supporting ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey had been busy with four main topics. First one has been the reaction on the Latvian parliament’s decision to recognize the so-called Armenian Genocide. Second has been the meeting held in Turkish capital Ankara, between the Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki. Third has been the reaction from Turkish ...
By Khaled Yamani The heroic uprising of Bab al-Amoud (known as Damascus Gate) is not out of context, but rather a continuation of a series of events. These started with the glorious electronic gates’ uprising, the “Jerusalem Intifada 2015”, which the the occupation called the “Knife Intifada” (stabbing intifada), as well as other popular reactions that expressed the accumulated anger ...
Dr. Basem Naim, one of the leaders of the Palestinian resistance organization HAMAS, has spoken to UWI expert Onur Sinan Güzaltan about the recent events in East Jerusalem. Naim has been Minister of Health in Palestine and is currently member of Hamas’ International Relations Bureau. He said his organization would give a “strong and clear response” to Israeli attacks on ...