An Analysis of the Gas Tension in the Eastern Mediterranean to Lebanon’s Detriment

An Analysis of the Gas Tension in the Eastern Mediterranean to Lebanon’s Detriment

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A researcher on Lebanese affairs stated: Under intense US pressure, Lebanon’s current government is hastily finalizing the gas dossier in the Eastern Mediterranean; an action that benefits the US, the Israeli regime, and their allies, and may result in Lebanon losing approximately five thousand square kilometers of area containing its gas and oil wealth. In this regard, the Al-Akhbar newspaper wrote: What is happening today is not merely a maritime negotiation, but a battle over sovereignty and survival that is feared will end unilaterally at a bargaining table where there is no room for national interests.

Netanyahu’s Legal Liability After Confession About Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientists

Netanyahu’s Legal Liability After Confession About Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientists

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A West Asia affairs analyst said: Recently, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, explicitly stated in an interview with Channel 14 of this regime that a significant number of Iran’s nuclear scientists have been killed as part of a targeted assassination program. This is the first time that a senior official of the Israeli regime has made such an explicit confession. Although the Israeli regime had previously been accused of playing a role in the assassination of Iranian scientists, this official confession opens a new chapter in legal and political pursuits; a chapter that could, by utilizing international capacities, confront a regime that sees itself as above the law with serious consequences.

An Analysis of Mahmoud Abbas’s Proposal for General Elections in the Occupied Territories

An Analysis of Mahmoud Abbas’s Proposal for General Elections in the Occupied Territories

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that the remarks by Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, about holding general elections with the participation of Palestinians, while Gaza and the West Bank are facing the most severe attacks and threats, are a theatrical move aimed at legitimizing Mahmoud Abbas. This comes while Mahmoud Abbas suffers from severe illegitimacy among Palestinians, which is precisely why he raises such proposals.

The Outlook for Political-Security Developments in Syria

The Outlook for Political-Security Developments in Syria

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A regional affairs expert stated that at present, it is impossible to have an accurate prediction whether Syria will move towards stability or another civil war will occur in the country in the next six months to a year.

An Analysis of France’s Decision to Recognize the Palestinian State

An Analysis of France’s Decision to Recognize the Palestinian State

Strategic Council Online – Interview: A senior West Asia affairs analyst stated: The explicit support of Spain, Ireland, Portugal, and some political factions in the Netherlands and Britain for France’s decision to recognize the Palestinian state indicates that the public atmosphere in Europe is changing. Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, has announced that in September, coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly, his government will recognize the State of Palestine. This decision, amid the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and the continuation of the Israeli regime’s military attacks, is considered a significant step in the diplomatic arena. Of course, it should not go unmentioned that France, as one of the founders of the Israeli regime’s nuclear program and a member of the Rome Statute, has a past full of legal and moral responsibilities towards this regime. In this vein, many analysts believe that if France wants to go beyond this symbolic decision and truly play a role in changing international relations regarding the Palestinian crisis, now is the time to reexamine its historical past.