Relying on Kuwait’s Muslim Brotherhood, Ankara aims to embarrass Saudi Arabia.
The increasing calls in Kuwait to boycott French products seem less a spontaneous action to defend Islam and its Messenger than part of a plan to thrust Kuwait into the centre of a boycott movement aimed at embarrassing Saudi Arabia and showing that its boycott of Turkish goods and products is unjustified.
Mali’s interim prime minister said on Monday he was open to talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast swathes of the country ungovernable, but former colonial power France signalled opposition to the idea.
Egypt has demanded that Turkey stay away from issues the Egyptians are dealing with, including efforts to end the dispute between Hamas and the Palestinian ruling Fatah faction.
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov urged Israel to lift some of its restrictions on the movement of goods and people between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Claudine Aoun Roukoz, daughter of Lebanese President Michel Aoun and head of the National Commission for Lebanese Women, stressed that she would “not mind” if Lebanon makes peace with Israel, in an interview with Al-Jadeed TV on Sunday.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday welcomed the reported words of the daughter of Lebanon’s president, who said she could envision a peace deal with Israel after border disputes and issues concerning the Palestinians were resolved.
A new poll published by Arab News and conducted with YouGov showed that while people in 18 countries surveyed may be concerned about US President Donald Trump’s policies, they are supportive of US engagement with the region and solving the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Of particular importance, when asked about what the largest problems are in the region, many referenced economic problems or even Iran, but not Israel as a negative issue.
Turkey has sought to leverage a crisis that Ankara largely invented with France to push its influence in the Islamic world by portraying Ankara as a “defender” of Islam.
France must take far-reaching steps to curb radical Islam in its midst, French lawmaker Meyer Habib said in an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
La question du dialogue avec les groupes terroristes a été l’un des sujets de désaccord entre le Premier ministre Moctar Ouane et le ministre français des Affaires étrangères, Jean-Yves Le Drian, qui achevait une visite de 48 heures dans notre pays. Alors que Paris oppose son refus à un éventuel dialogue avec les groupes terroristes, le chef du gouvernement estime qu’il faut plutôt voir en cette possibilité de dialogue » une opportunité d’engager une vaste discussion avec les communautés afin de définir les contours d’une nouvelle gouvernance des espaces « .