Weekly World Watch for the first part of February 2024

Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, at the beginning of February, embarked on his fifth tour of the Middle East full of hope. But during Netanyahu’s press conference on the night of Blinken’s departure he rejected Hamas’s ceasefire proposals and vowed to attack Rafah. The ceasefire talks were dead. Israel remains intent on totally

This is a dangerous moment in Israel-Hamas war

Event Sky News October 13 We might think we’ve seen it all before – airstrikes, flattened buildings, funerals, inflamed rhetoric on both sides. But make no mistake, this time is different. And what happens next is hugely important for the region and the world. It is a dangerous moment. Black Saturday, as the Israelis call