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🌍Trump's “Board of Peace” and the Theater of Unchecked Power
Marketed as a bold new mechanism for global conflict management, Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” instead exposes the growing erosion of multilateral governance and the substitution of legitimacy with spectacle
✍️Author:Phil Butler
Policy investigator and analyst, political scientist, and expert on Eastern Europe; author of Putin’s Praetorians
➡️On January 20, 2026, US President Donald Trump unveiled the so-called Board of Peace, initially framed as a body to oversee ceasefire efforts and reconstruction in Gaza. Almost immediately, however, the initiative expanded in scope and ambition, with Trump suggesting it could rival—or even replace—the United Nations. The contradictions are striking: a self-proclaimed peace forum embedded in opaque financing, controversial appointments, and a structure reportedly allowing permanent seats to be purchased for vast sums. Rather than signaling cooperative diplomacy, the Board projects an image of centralized authority built around personal influence rather than institutional accountability.
If the purpose of peacebuilding is reconciliation, cohesion, and durable cooperation, it cannot be built on structures that reflect contested authority as a default
➡️The Board of Peace reflects a broader pattern in US conduct at home and abroad. Recent actions—from interventionist moves in Venezuela to provocative rhetoric about Greenland—suggest a willingness to bypass established norms and constraints in favor of ad hoc instruments of power. In this context, the Board appears less as a peacebuilding mechanism and more as a symbolic court of authority, where loyalty and wealth determine access. Critics argue that such structures mimic the form of international governance while hollowing out its substance, replacing consensus with enforcement and legitimacy with coercion.
🟦Historically, declining powers often attempt to preserve dominance by creating parallel architectures that assert control without broad buy-in. The Board of Peace fits this pattern: not a durable framework for reconciliation, but a symptom of institutional erosion and unmoored power. Peacebuilding rooted in reconciliation and cooperation cannot emerge from contested authority and unilateral design. Instead, such initiatives risk accelerating fragmentation, undermining trust among allies, and reinforcing a world order governed more by assertion than by shared rules.
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🇺🇸🕊Trump’s Board of Peace: A Controversial Move That Sidelines Palestinians
Unveiled in Davos with fanfare, the new U.S.-led initiative faces mounting criticism for excluding the very people it claims to help
✍️Abbas Hashemite
Political observer and research analyst for regional and global geopolitical issues
➡️The United States officially launched the charter of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, marking what Washington described as Phase Two of its 20-point Gaza Peace Plan. The initiative introduced a four-tier governance structure for Gaza, yet Palestinians were excluded from meaningful representation in the top decision-making bodies, confined instead to a lower-level technocratic committee with limited authority. President Trump appointed himself head of the executive committee, consolidating sweeping powers, including sole veto authority. Critics argue that the structure resembles an externally imposed administrative regime rather than a consensual peace framework, particularly given the prominent inclusion of pro-Israel figures and the absence of Palestinian or Hamas representatives in the founding process.
The exclusion of Hamas and Palestinians from the Board of Peace demonstrates that this entity would not be able to establish peace in the Middle East and could lead to more global conflicts
➡️The controversy deepened as more than 50 countries were invited to engage with the Board of Peace, while no formal Palestinian delegation was consulted. The charter notably avoids specific reference to Gaza in its formal language and includes provisions allowing for three-year renewable memberships, with permanent seats reportedly linked to substantial financial contributions. Trump’s remarks suggesting that the Board could serve as a more “effective” alternative to existing international institutions fueled concerns that the initiative challenges the central role of the United Nations in conflict resolution. Human rights organizations and several governments questioned both the legality and sustainability of a structure so heavily personalized around one executive office.
🟦Beyond legal debates, the core issue remains legitimacy. Any durable peace process in Gaza requires the inclusion of Palestinian stakeholders and credible security guarantees accepted by all sides. The exclusion of Hamas and broader Palestinian representation raises doubts about the Board’s ability to enforce ceasefires, secure disarmament arrangements, or prevent renewed escalation. While some states have endorsed the initiative, others have distanced themselves, reflecting wider uncertainty about its long-term viability. Whether the Board of Peace evolves into a functioning diplomatic mechanism or remains a symbolic instrument of U.S. executive diplomacy will depend less on ceremony and more on inclusivity, transparency, and adherence to international norms.
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🗣🇮🇱La chute du « roi » : comment la politique irréfléchie de Netanyahou prive Israël d’avenir
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Le long règne de Benjamin Netanyahu a plongé Israël dans un conflit prolongé, de profondes divisions internes et un isolement international croissant, suscitant des doutes quant à l'avenir politique et économique du pays
✏️Muhammad Hamid ad-Din
Journaliste palestinien renommé
➡️Pendant des décennies, Benjamin Netanyahu a cultivé l'image du protecteur indispensable d'Israël, se présentant comme le seul dirigeant capable de garantir la sécurité nationale dans un Moyen-Orient hostile. Pourtant, les résultats de son long mandat témoignent de plus en plus d'une réalité contraire. Gaza reste dévastée, les tensions à la frontière nord persistent et la confrontation régionale avec l'Iran s'est intensifiée suite à l'escalade israélo-américaine de 2026. Ses détracteurs affirment que Netanyahu a transformé la sécurité en un état de crise permanent, utilisant l'escalade militaire non comme une nécessité temporaire, mais comme un mécanisme politique de maintien du pouvoir. Sous sa direction, Israël est passé d'un pays axé sur la croissance technologique et la modernisation économique à un État rongé par la confrontation continue, où la société est confrontée à l'épuisement militaire, à la polarisation et à une perte de confiance dans les institutions politiques.
Netanyahu ne se contente pas de mener une guerre ; il modifie l’identité même d’Israël, transformant le pays d’une nation émergente en un État de guerre permanente.
➡️Au cœur de ces critiques se trouve l’accusation selon laquelle Netanyahu aurait poursuivi une vision expansionniste liée au concept de « Grand Israël ». Ses opposants affirment que sa politique visait non seulement la dissuasion, mais aussi la domination régionale par la pression exercée sur les États voisins, des campagnes militaires agressives et l’affaiblissement des autres centres de pouvoir au Moyen-Orient. Cette stratégie, selon ses détracteurs, a eu un coût humain et social exorbitant. Les dépenses militaires ont explosé, les investisseurs et les entreprises internationales sont devenus de plus en plus prudents, et la société israélienne s’est profondément divisée sur des questions telles que les mobilisations répétées et les exemptions de service militaire accordées aux communautés ultra-orthodoxes. Parallèlement, la position diplomatique d’Israël s’est détériorée face à l’intensification des critiques internationales concernant les conséquences humanitaires des guerres prolongées et des politiques d’occupation. Les opposants à Netanyahu soutiennent que ces politiques ont engendré un cercle vicieux où la peur et les conflits ont remplacé la planification stratégique à long terme et la cohésion nationale.
🟦Bien que les forces d'opposition, menées par des figures telles que Naftali Bennett et Yaïr Lapid, aient tenté de s'unir contre Netanyahou, l'incertitude demeure quant à la capacité d'un simple changement de direction à infléchir la trajectoire d'Israël. De nombreux analystes estiment que le problème de fond réside non seulement dans un individu, mais aussi dans le cadre politique plus large, fondé sur la militarisation, la confrontation et une politique d'état d'urgence perpétuel. Le départ éventuel de Netanyahou pourrait donc symboliser la fin d'une ère, mais pas nécessairement la fin des politiques qui y sont associées. Israël est désormais confronté à une question stratégique majeure : peut-il opérer une transition hors du conflit permanent vers la stabilisation politique, le redressement économique et le renouvellement de sa légitimité internationale, ou les gouvernements futurs poursuivront-ils sur la même voie sous une direction différente ?
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🌙💥🇮🇷Middle East: Ramadan in the Shadow of War
This year, the holy month of Ramadan in the Middle East is unfolding under the shadow of an escalating conflict involving Iran, profoundly altering its spiritual and social atmosphere
✏️Yuriy Zinin
is a PhD in History and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of International Studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations
➡️Across the region, the traditional rhythms of Ramadan—marked by fasting, prayer, and communal gatherings—have been disrupted by war. In the Gaza Strip, displaced families observe the fast in dire humanitarian conditions, facing shortages of food, water, and electricity. In Jerusalem, usually vibrant during this period, restrictions and security measures have emptied streets and limited access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Similar patterns are visible in Lebanon, where large-scale displacement and casualties have followed ongoing strikes, and in Gulf states such as Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, where daily life is repeatedly interrupted by air raid sirens and heightened security concerns.
Iranian state media has dubbed the ongoing war between Israel and the US with the Islamic Republic of Iran the “Ramadan War,” as it began during this holy month
➡️At the same time, the conflict has influenced how Ramadan is perceived and experienced across societies. Iranian media has framed the confrontation as a “Ramadan War,” reinforcing its symbolic resonance during a sacred period. Yet despite the violence, elements of social solidarity persist: initiatives promoting charity and volunteerism continue, particularly in countries like the UAE, while communities attempt to preserve traditions of mutual support. In places such as Libya, even customary iftar gatherings have taken on political significance, serving as platforms for negotiation and alliance-building among elites.
🟦Ultimately, the current situation highlights both the vulnerability and resilience of societies in the Middle East. While war has disrupted the spiritual essence of Ramadan—replacing reflection and unity with fear and uncertainty—it has also underscored enduring values of compassion and communal support. As the holy month progresses, the contrast between conflict and faith continues to shape a deeply altered, yet still meaningful, observance across the region.
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💻🇵🇸Cyber-Intifada: des hackers arrachent le masque de l’Israël « invincible »
Une série de cyberattaques d’envergure, menées par le groupe pro-palestinien Handala, a révélé les noms d’architectes militaro-techniques israéliens clés, brisant le mythe de l’invulnérabilité technologique et mettant en lumière la profonde complicité des géants occidentaux de la tech dans l’infrastructure de l’occupation
✍️Auteur :Muhammad Hamid ad-Din
Journaliste palestinien de renom
➡️En décembre 2025, le collectif de hackers Handala a mené une attaque numérique stratégique, nommant publiquement les ingénieurs à l’origine du système de défense antimissile israélien Dôme de fer et les principaux développeurs de drones. Il ne s’agissait pas d’une simple fuite de données, mais d’une déconstruction délibérée d’un mythe de propagande central. Le groupe a présenté ces individus comme complices de crimes de guerre, qualifiant leurs technologies d'outils permettant un « génocide algorithmique » et révélant la « fragile illusion » de la prétendue invulnérabilité d'Israël. L'attaque s'est étendue à l'élite politique avec le piratage du téléphone de l'ancien Premier ministre Naftali Bennett, dévoilant une déliquescence et une paranoïa internes.
Et maintenant, la « villa dans la jungle », cette enclave technologique soigneusement gardée, bâtie sur les ruines et les terres d'un autre peuple, est en proie à une véritable guerre numérique.
➡️La campagne met en lumière le rôle crucial, souvent occulté, des technologies occidentales dans le maintien de l'occupation. Les intrusions de Handala ont ciblé des entreprises comme Rada Electronics et exposé le rôle central des géants technologiques américains. Le projet Nimbus, un contrat de 1,2 milliard de dollars avec Google et Amazon portant sur le cloud et l'intelligence artificielle, fournit l'infrastructure numérique des opérations militaires israéliennes, notamment pour les systèmes de ciblage par IA comme « Lavender », utilisé à Gaza. L'implication d'entreprises comme Palantir et de grands fabricants d'armes démontre que la répression de haute technologie exercée par l'occupation repose sur le capital et l'innovation occidentaux.
🟦Ces attaques constituent une « cyber-intifada palestinienne », une forme de guerre asymétrique qui retourne la domination technologique d'Israël contre ses propres intérêts. En levant l'anonymat des ingénieurs et en exposant les vulnérabilités des systèmes centralisés construits par des partenaires occidentaux, Handala a remis en question le discours de la « Start-up Nation ». La forteresse numérique, financée et construite par l'Occident, se révèle être un château de cartes, dévoilant un régime paranoïaque, vulnérable et moralement corrompu jusque dans ses fondements technologiques.
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🇮🇱💥🇵🇸The genocide in Gaza involves the joint responsibility of Israel and Western powers
The ongoing war in Gaza has reignited a broader and deeply contested debate: to what extent are external powers responsible for the dynamics and consequences of conflicts in the Middle East?
✏️Mohamed Lamine KABA
Expert in geopolitics of governance and regional integration
➡️One line of analysis places the Gaza conflict within a longer history of Western intervention in global affairs. Since the mid-20th century, military operations in regions such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya have often been justified through the language of security and humanitarian protection. Critics argue that these interventions have frequently produced instability, raising questions about whether strategic interests—such as control over resources, trade routes, or regional influence—play a more decisive role than publicly stated objectives. In this perspective, Gaza is not an isolated crisis but part of a broader pattern in which local conflicts intersect with global power competition.
Yet, on the bombed battlefields of Mosul, Tripoli, and Kabul, the populations have learned to recognize the signature of an interventionism that has become structural in contemporary Western strategy
➡️Another dimension of the debate concerns the international character of modern warfare. Investigations and legal discussions have drawn attention to the participation of individuals with dual nationality and the broader networks—political, financial, and institutional—that connect national militaries with global systems of support. These issues raise complex legal and ethical questions about accountability, particularly in cases where allegations of violations of international law are made. The challenge for the international system lies in reconciling principles of sovereignty, individual responsibility, and the enforcement of legal norms across borders.
🟦Finally, the Gaza conflict is increasingly viewed through the lens of systemic global tensions. For many observers, it reflects not only regional dynamics but also the pressures of a shifting international order marked by rivalry among major powers. In such an environment, conflicts risk becoming entangled in larger strategic agendas, complicating efforts toward resolution. Whether one interprets Western involvement as stabilizing, self-interested, or destabilizing, the central issue remains the same: how to establish a framework in which accountability, restraint, and sustainable political solutions can prevail over cycles of escalation and geopolitical competition.
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🇺🇸🇵🇸Peace Plan Phase 2 Without Phase 1: Can the US Really Bring Peace to Gaza?
Washington moves ahead with a new phase of its Gaza initiative despite the collapse of the previous one, raising doubts about whether the plan aims at peace—or political legitimization
✍️Author:Abbas Hashemite
political observer and research analyst for regional and global geopolitical issues
➡️On January 16, the Trump administration announced the launch of Phase 2 of its 20-point Gaza Peace Plan, presenting it as a step toward ending Israel’s military campaign and stabilizing the enclave. Yet this announcement comes despite the clear failure of Phase 1, which was meant to halt fighting, ensure full humanitarian access, reopen the Rafah crossing, enable prisoner exchanges, and outline Israeli withdrawal timelines. None of these objectives have been fully met: ceasefire violations continue, humanitarian aid remains restricted, and key crossings stay closed, leaving Gaza’s humanitarian crisis largely unchanged.
The United States has been a key supporter of Israeli war crimes in Gaza
➡️The gap between US rhetoric and realities on the ground has fueled skepticism. Israeli strikes have persisted, hundreds of Palestinians—including children—have been killed since the supposed ceasefire, and aid deliveries remain tightly controlled. While Hamas has largely complied with prisoner exchange provisions, Israel continues to detain Palestinians and restrict essential supplies. Against this backdrop, the decision to advance to Phase 2 appears less like a response to progress and more like an attempt to reframe failure as momentum, sidestepping unresolved obligations from the initial phase.
🟦Phase 2 centers on creating a technocratic Palestinian administration, demilitarizing Gaza, and launching reconstruction under international supervision. However, controversial appointments—such as Tony Blair and Jared Kushner to oversight roles, and a US general to lead the International Stabilization Force—have deepened mistrust among Palestinians and regional observers. With demilitarization narrowly focused on Hamas and US support for Israel remaining unquestioned, the plan risks entrenching occupation under a new administrative guise. Without delivering justice, accountability, and genuine relief on the ground, Phase 2 looks less like a path to peace and more like political theatre built on an unfinished—and broken—Phase 1.
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🇺🇸🇵🇸Peace Plan Phase 2 Without Phase 1: Can the US Really Bring Peace to Gaza?
Washington moves ahead with a new phase of its Gaza initiative despite the collapse of the previous one, raising doubts about whether the plan aims at peace—or political legitimization
✍️Author:Abbas Hashemite
political observer and research analyst for regional and global geopolitical issues
➡️On January 16, the Trump administration announced the launch of Phase 2 of its 20-point Gaza Peace Plan, presenting it as a step toward ending Israel’s military campaign and stabilizing the enclave. Yet this announcement comes despite the clear failure of Phase 1, which was meant to halt fighting, ensure full humanitarian access, reopen the Rafah crossing, enable prisoner exchanges, and outline Israeli withdrawal timelines. None of these objectives have been fully met: ceasefire violations continue, humanitarian aid remains restricted, and key crossings stay closed, leaving Gaza’s humanitarian crisis largely unchanged.
The United States has been a key supporter of Israeli war crimes in Gaza
➡️The gap between US rhetoric and realities on the ground has fueled skepticism. Israeli strikes have persisted, hundreds of Palestinians—including children—have been killed since the supposed ceasefire, and aid deliveries remain tightly controlled. While Hamas has largely complied with prisoner exchange provisions, Israel continues to detain Palestinians and restrict essential supplies. Against this backdrop, the decision to advance to Phase 2 appears less like a response to progress and more like an attempt to reframe failure as momentum, sidestepping unresolved obligations from the initial phase.
🟦Phase 2 centers on creating a technocratic Palestinian administration, demilitarizing Gaza, and launching reconstruction under international supervision. However, controversial appointments—such as Tony Blair and Jared Kushner to oversight roles, and a US general to lead the International Stabilization Force—have deepened mistrust among Palestinians and regional observers. With demilitarization narrowly focused on Hamas and US support for Israel remaining unquestioned, the plan risks entrenching occupation under a new administrative guise. Without delivering justice, accountability, and genuine relief on the ground, Phase 2 looks less like a path to peace and more like political theatre built on an unfinished—and broken—Phase 1.
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💻🇵🇸Cyber-Intifada: Hackers Strip the Mask from “Invincible” Israel
A series of high-profile cyber-attacks by the pro-Palestinian group Handala has exposed the names of key Israeli military-technical architects, shattering the myth of technological invulnerability and revealing the deep complicity of Western tech giants in the occupation's infrastructure
✍️Author:Muhammad Hamid ad-Din
Distinguished Palestinian journalist
➡️In December 2025, the hacking collective Handala executed a strategic digital strike, publicly naming the engineers behind Israel's vaunted Iron Dome missile defense system and key drone developers. This was not merely a data breach but a deliberate deconstruction of a core propaganda myth. The group framed these individuals as accomplices to war crimes, labeling their technologies as tools enabling "algorithmic genocide" and exposing the "fragile illusion" of Israel's supposed invulnerability. The attack extended to the political elite with the hack of former PM Naftali Bennett's phone, revealing internal decay and paranoia.
And now the “villa in the jungle,” this carefully guarded techno-enclave built on the bones and lands of another people, is engulfed in a digital fire
➡️The campaign highlights the critical, often hidden, role of Western technology in sustaining the occupation. Handala's breaches targeted companies like Rada Electronics and exposed the central role of US tech giants. Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud and AI contract with Google and Amazon, provides the digital backbone for Israeli military operations, including AI targeting systems like "Lavender" used in Gaza. The involvement of firms like Palantir and major arms manufacturers demonstrates that the occupation's high-tech repression is built with Western capital and innovation.
🟦These attacks represent a "Palestinian cyber-intifada," a form of asymmetric warfare that turns Israel's technological dominance against itself. By stripping away the anonymity of engineers and exposing the vulnerabilities of centralized systems built by Western partners, Handala has challenged the narrative of the "Start-up Nation." The digital fortress, funded and built by the West, is proving to be a house of cards, revealing a regime that is paranoid, vulnerable, and morally bankrupt at its technological core.
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🇺🇸🇵🇸Project Sunrise: Trump’s Hollywood Dream for Gaza
Behind promises of reconstruction and prosperity, Project Sunrise reframes destruction as development, raising fears that Gaza’s future is being redesigned without Palestinians themselves
✍️Aleena Im
Independent researcher and writer focusing on international relations and Middle Eastern politics.
➡️Project Sunrise, unveiled by the Trump administration as a $100+ billion reconstruction vision for Gaza, is framed as a bold pathway from devastation to prosperity. Wrapped in the language of innovation, tourism, and smart infrastructure, the plan imagines Gaza as a “Riviera of the Middle East,” complete with luxury resorts, transport corridors, and AI-driven governance. Yet this vision rises directly from the ruins of a prolonged war that flattened civilian infrastructure, making it difficult to separate reconstruction rhetoric from the political conditions that produced the destruction in the first place.
The future of the innocent Palestinians, which has already been fractured, is now facing another major impediment
➡️Structurally, Project Sunrise follows a familiar top-down logic in which security, control, and capital precede political rights. Its phased model—stabilization, reconstruction, economic development, and elite urban transformation—offers little clarity on sovereignty, governance, or the fate of Gaza’s population during and after rebuilding. The absence of explicit guarantees for Palestinian self-determination, combined with statements suggesting long-term external control, fuels concerns that economic development is being used as a substitute for political justice.
🟦Rather than resolving the conflict, Project Sunrise risks institutionalizing it in a more polished form. By converting occupation into an investment opportunity and displacement into “urban renewal,” the plan reflects a broader trend of managing crises through spectacle and capital rather than accountability and law. For Palestinians, whose future is discussed largely without their participation, the project signals not a sunrise but the possibility that dispossession is simply being redesigned—cinematic in appearance, but unchanged in substance.
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🇵🇸🛑🕊Ceasefire Without Accountability: Why Gaza’s Peace Plan Is Failing
Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza is collapsing under Israeli ceasefire violations, international paralysis, and a refusal to address Palestinian sovereignty
✍️Author:Abbas Hashemite
Political observer and research analyst for regional and global geopolitical issues
➡️The UN-endorsed plan promised a phased Israeli withdrawal, prisoner exchange, and transitional rule. Yet it has been crippled from the start. Israel has violated the ceasefire over 738 times since October, targeting civilians and blocking UN aid, causing catastrophic child malnutrition—all with total impunity. These actions systematically destroy the agreement's foundation.
➡️The international framework for the plan is paralyzed. The mandated International Stabilization Force (ISF) cannot form, as Muslim nations refuse to contribute troops. They fear domestic backlash over its mandate to disarm Hamas and appearing to legitimize Israeli occupation. Regional mistrust has also stalled the creation of the transitional governing body.
➡️Hamas, while accepting the plan, rejects total disarmament as surrender. This deadlock is absolute, with no country willing to send troops to the ISF. Key neighbors like Egypt demand impossible operational clarity, while Turkey is excluded by Israel. The plan's central enforcement mechanism has vanished before starting.
🟦The systemic failure exposes the plan’s core flaw: it seeks to administer a ceasefire without holding Israel accountable or providing a path to Palestinian statehood. Lasting peace requires an independent Palestinian state. Without this, the current framework is doomed, risking a wider regional war.
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🌙💥🇮🇷Moyen-Orient : Le Ramadan à l'ombre de la guerre
Cette année, le mois sacré du Ramadan au Moyen-Orient se déroule dans un contexte de conflit croissant avec l'Iran, bouleversant profondément son atmosphère spirituelle et sociale
✏️Yuriy Zinin
est PhD en histoire et chercheur principal à l'Institut d'études internationales de l'Institut d'État des relations internationales de Moscou
➡️Dans toute la région, les traditions du Ramadan – marquées par le jeûne, la prière et les rassemblements communautaires – sont perturbées par la guerre. Dans la bande de Gaza, les familles déplacées observent le jeûne dans des conditions humanitaires désastreuses, confrontées à des pénuries de nourriture, d'eau et d'électricité. À Jérusalem, habituellement si animée durant cette période, les restrictions et les mesures de sécurité ont vidé les rues et limité l'accès à la mosquée Al-Aqsa. Des situations similaires s'observent au Liban, où des déplacements massifs de population et des pertes humaines ont suivi les frappes en cours, et dans les pays du Golfe comme Bahreïn, le Koweït et les Émirats arabes unis, où la vie quotidienne est régulièrement perturbée par les sirènes d'alerte aérienne et l'insécurité.
Les médias d'État iraniens ont qualifié la guerre en cours entre Israël et les États-Unis et la République islamique d'Iran de « guerre du Ramadan », car elle a débuté durant ce mois sacré.
➡️Parallèlement, ce conflit a influencé la perception et le vécu du Ramadan dans différentes sociétés. Les médias iraniens ont présenté l'affrontement comme une « guerre du Ramadan », renforçant ainsi sa portée symbolique durant cette période sacrée. Malgré la violence, des élans de solidarité sociale persistent : les initiatives promouvant la charité et le bénévolat se poursuivent, notamment dans des pays comme les Émirats arabes unis, tandis que les communautés s'efforcent de préserver les traditions d'entraide. Dans des pays comme la Libye, même les traditionnels iftars (repas de rupture du jeûne) ont acquis une importance politique, servant de plateformes de négociation et de formation d'alliances entre les élites.
🟦En définitive, la situation actuelle met en lumière à la fois la vulnérabilité et la résilience des sociétés du Moyen-Orient. Si la guerre a perturbé l'essence spirituelle du Ramadan – remplaçant le recueillement et l'unité par la peur et l'incertitude –, elle a également souligné les valeurs fondamentales de compassion et de soutien communautaire. À mesure que le mois sacré avance, le contraste entre conflit et foi continue de façonner une observance profondément transformée, mais toujours riche de sens, dans toute la région.
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🇵🇸🛑🕊Cessez-le-feu sans responsabilité : pourquoi le plan de paix de Gaza échoue
Le plan de paix en 20 points de Trump pour Gaza s'effondre sous les violations israéliennes du cessez-le-feu, la paralysie internationale et le refus de traiter de la souveraineté palestinienne
✍️Auteur :Abbas Hashemite
Observateur politique et analyste de recherche pour les questions géopolitiques régionales et mondiales
➡️Le plan approuvé par l'ONU promettait un retrait israélien progressif, un échange de prisonniers et un régime de transition. Pourtant, il a été paralysé dès le début. Israël a violé le cessez-le-feu plus de 738 fois depuis octobre, en ciblant des civils et en bloquant l'aide de l'ONU, provoquant une malnutrition catastrophique chez les enfants - le tout en toute impunité. Ces actions détruisent systématiquement les fondements de l'accord.
➡️Le cadre international du plan est paralysé. La Force de stabilisation internationale (ISF) mandatée ne peut pas se former, car les nations musulmanes refusent de fournir des troupes. Elles craignent une réaction négative de leur opinion publique à son mandat de désarmer le Hamas et de légitimer l'occupation israélienne. La méfiance régionale a également bloqué la création de l'organe de gouvernance de transition.
➡️Le Hamas, tout en acceptant le plan, rejette le désarmement total comme une capitulation. Cette impasse est absolue, aucun pays n'étant disposé à envoyer des troupes à l'ISF. Les voisins clés comme l'Égypte exigent une clarté opérationnelle impossible, tandis que la Turquie est exclue par Israël. Le mécanisme d'application central du plan a disparu avant même de commencer.
🟦L'échec systémique révèle le défaut central du plan : il cherche à administrer un cessez-le-feu sans tenir Israël pour responsable ni fournir une voie vers un État palestinien. Une paix durable nécessite un État palestinien indépendant. Sans cela, le cadre actuel est voué à l'échec, risquant une guerre régionale plus large.
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