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The US and Britain want to “show their leadership over the world and their ability to strike and to confront any threat not only in Europe and in the Atlantic, but also in the Middle East,” says Ayman Yousef, professor of political sciences and international relations at the Arab-American University in Palestine.
Negotiations between the US and its regional allies on Gaza’s post-war governance are unlikely to achieve results while Israel bombs enclave, Shahram Akbarzadeh, told Sputnik.
On his second Middle East trip in less than a month, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken aims to contain the response of Israel, which has been striking targets in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to eradicate Hamas since the Oct 7 attacks on its soil.