• December 26, 2024
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Articles Global Affairs Middle East Palestine/Israel

The Russian Alternative: How Moscow is Capitalizing on US Retreat in Palestine, Israel

The US now has no other option but to slowly retreat from its previous commitments to the peace process: in fact, the region as a whole. As is often the case, any American retreat means a potential opening for Russia, which is now laying claim to the role of peace broker, a seismic change that many Palestinians are already welcoming.

Articles Global Affairs Middle East

Russian Mediation: The Critical Messages of the Hamas-Fatah Talks in Moscow

By Ramzy Baroud The Russian-sponsored Palestinian unity talks in Moscow on February 11 were neither a success nor failure. Uniting Palestinian factions was not the primary objective of the Moscow conference, in the first place. Instead, the nature of the event, the host country and the explicit messages sent to Washington and Tel Aviv were […]