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Middle East

Did Trump just crown Saudi with leadership of Gaza ‘day after’ plan?

His threats — bluff? — to clear out the Palestinian territory may have spurred the only realistic reconstruction plan in the offing

Israeli official: ‘Goal’ is to ‘demolish more than the Palestinians build’
QiOSK

Israeli official: ‘Goal’ is to ‘demolish more than the Palestinians build’

Israel wants almost 1,000 new housing units in the occupied West Bank

Munich Dispatch: Gaza issue banished to the sidelines this year
Europe

Munich Dispatch: Gaza issue banished to the sidelines this year

Even Trump's talk abut emptying the territory and rebuilding it as the 'Riviera of the Middle East' got short shrift

Jordan’s Abdullah at White House, looking down the barrel of a gun
Middle East

Jordan’s Abdullah at White House, looking down the barrel of a gun

The monarch looked uncomfortable and deflected reporters' questions, as Trump reiterated call to clear out Gaza and force Jordan to accept a million refugees

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Washington Politics

Trump the 'peacemaker' faces many obstacles

But deals with Iran, North Korea, and Ukraine are still very much alive

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Middle East

American security contractors walking thin line in Gaza

Former private soldiers say this new way of war — unofficial boots on the ground — could go sideways, while giving governments political cover