Published: 28 August 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Three years after Protective Edge, Gaza is in free fall (972mag)
As internal Palestinian rifts take a heavy toll on Gazans and as shifting geopolitics in the Gulf affect quality of life in Deir al-Balah, Israel is again missing an opportunity to harness the future of its relationship with Gaza (Aug 25)
After summer vacation, Middle East gears up for conflict as usual (Times of Israel)
AVI ISACHAROV argues that we could be entering one of the most complex and problematic few weeks in Israeli-Palestinian relations in recent times. And the just-ended visit of the American delegation headed by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, is unlikely to soften the turbulence (Aug 25)
UN chief in Israel to push Netanyahu, Abbas to ease restrictions on Gaza (Haaretz)
On his first trip to the Middle East since assuming his post, Antonio Guterres also expected to discuss UN's intention to examine broadening mandate given to UN forces in Lebanon (Aug 28)
At home in Gaza (Time)
Wissam Nassar, a Gaza-born photojournalist who has worked in the coastal enclave for the past eight years, has seen it all. He lives a life surrounded by war and reconstruction but finds the most authentic images he makes as a photographer in the subtler moments of reprieve (Aug 25)
Encountering peace: Gaza’s geo-strategic remaking (Jerusalem Post)
It is important to recognize that the problems of Gaza are not economic – they are political and are directly related to the continued non-resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Aug 23)
Photo: Wissam Nassar
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