Bruno Maçães in the New Statesman today:
«The Israeli government has decided its international image is less vital than all its other priorities and, therefore, this is the area where it feels more willing to take a hit.
This may turn out to be an error of historical proportions. Already on Monday the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement no one could have imagined just a few days earlier. It called for the “international community to intervene immediately to stop the genocide carried out by the occupation forces against defenceless civilians in the occupied Palestinian territories”. It was the kind of incendiary language Saudi Arabia has typically jailed its own citizens for using. That too was extraordinary.»
https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/05/rafah-invasion-ceasefire-israel-hamas
The assault on Rafah has begun
Monday 6 May was an extraordinary day in the Middle East, even by the region's recent standards. The morning started with Israel dropping evacuation notices over Rafah, warning of an imminent invasionBruno Maçães (New Statesman)
