The policies of Israel and Iran are rapidly precipitating the situation. An escalation between the two regional powers seems just around the corner, with Iran attempting to break the encirclement and Israel on the offensive against Iranian proxies.
On the eighteenth day of violence between Israel and Hamas, the daily record cannot and should not distract the attentive reader from a single conclusion: moderate Palestinians who accept Israel's existence have been definitively defeated by Hamas terrorism, and coexistence between Israel and Palestine appears more of a mirage than ever.
Competition among great powers has landed in the Holy Land.It is suggested, indeed substantiated, by the fact that Hamas' surprise war against Israel would not have been possible without the support of Russia, Iran and China.
Lega expresses solidarity with Israel and hopes for a return to diplomacy. Palestinians have a right to a homeland, but Israel to live in peace.
The result of Germany's regional elections favored Alternative für Deutschland and other conservative formations, punishing Greens, radical Left and Social Democrats. Plus a surprise result: conservatives are attracting abstentionists to the polls.
It is anachronistic to view the war between Israel and Hamas as a mere local event that does not concern us or implicate us. We are no longer in the 1950s: the great migratory flows of recent decades have changed the face of Europe.
Candidates and activists of Germany's sovereignist AfD party are subjected to violence, attacks and threats. In the (smug) silence of other parties, the media and the establishment.
The Mattei Plan launched by the Meloni government to revive relations between Italy and African countries does not have sufficient diplomatic resources deployed in sub-Saharan Africa. More manpower and expertise are needed to address the challenges, first and foremost the right of African populations to not migrate towards Europe.
The 27-year old Jordan Bardella, president of the Rassemblement National, along with his direct competitor Marion Maréchal of Reconquête, seem likely to open a new season for a generational renewal of politics. What about in Italy?
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