‘We are ready for cooperation with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean’ – Hamas Executive Basem Naim
We have spoken to one of Hamas’ executives, a member of the organization’s International Office, and the President of the Council on International Relations (CFR) in Gaza, Dr. Basem Naim, about the elections in Palestine, Turkish-Israeli relations, a possible cooperation between Turkey and Palestine in the Eastern Mediterranean and the situation of the region in general. Basem Naim considered the ...
The last legislative elections held in the Palestinian territories in 2006, which ended with the victory of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), had major repercussions. Most notably, a wide Palestinian split offered Israel an opportunity on a gold plate to shun any commitment to continue the peace process negotiations, on the pretext of the absence of a clear Palestinian partner ...
Palestine is going to elections again for the first time after 14 years. President Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree that confirmed parliamentary elections on May 22nd and presidential elections on July 31st. Palestine has perhaps entered one its most critical turning points in history, after more than half a century of a struggle for the Palestinian independence, the toughening Israeli ...
Turkey and Israel are two influential countries in West Asia. Differences in the Palestine and Kurdish Questions, relations to Israel and conflicting positions in the Eastern Mediterranean have caused several major high-level crises between the two countries and led to restraint as well as downgrading in diplomatic relations. Notwithstanding this past, a revitalization and normalization of Turkish-Israeli relations is widely ...
Turkey and Israel are two influential countries in West Asia. Differences in the Palestine and Kurdish Questions, relations to Israel and conflicting positions in the Eastern Mediterranean have caused several major high-level crises between the two countries and led to restraint as well as downgrading in diplomatic relations. Notwithstanding this past, a revitalization and normalization of Turkish-Israeli relations is widely ...
By Nardine Ali (Cairo/Egypt) Cairo has recently signalled intensifying interest in negotiations between Israel-Palestine, a potential indication of the country’s desire to restore its historic role as the broker of the 73-year old conflict. On January 18, Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi headed to the Jordanian capital Amman to meet with King Abdullah II. A series of meetings were ...
The “normalization” agreements signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain at an official ceremony hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House continue to be discussed. While the normalization agreements were signed, the 3 countries also jointly signed the text called “Abraham Accords”. Reactions from the countries of the region, especially from the Palestinian administration, ...
The World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union (WAYU) is an international youth platform established by 23 youth organizations from 12 countries in Istanbul on 29th October 2014. It aims to unite all the youth of the world under the same roof of anti-imperialism regardless of any differences. The below statement is the joint youth declaration on the new world after COVID-19 pandemic, ...
The Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey, Faed Mustafa, stated that Palestine was ready to make the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) agreement with Turkey. Answering the questions asked by İsmet Özçelik from the journal Aydınlık, Mustafa assessed the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean. Stating that the Palestinian state has the rights to oil and natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Ambassador ...
As the American edition of Axios reports this week, the head of the State Department Michael Pompeo, adviser to the president on national security Robert O’Brien, the senior adviser and the son-in-law of the head of the American state Jared Kushner and Ambassador of the USA in Israel David Friedman are supposed to meet with Donald Trump to discuss Israel’s ...