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Jul 2024
27m 11s

Who are the Middle East power brokers?

Financial Times
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Gideon talks to John Sawers, a former head of MI6, Britain’s secret intelligence agency, about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Is there any prospect of peace in Gaza? And how do the region's most powerful countries see their interests? Clip: BBC


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Benjamin Netanyahu lays out plans for a summer of conflict

‘Smuggled’ food and $64 peppers: Gaza’s grocery stores fight to survive

US expected to lift ban on sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia

The Israel-Hamas war — in maps and charts


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