Unless the US ends backing Israel, the situation to India’s west, right up to the Mediterranean, appears to be bleak

On September 9, 2023, on the sidelines of the G-20 summit hosted by India in New Delhi, a new India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) was announced. It traverses the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s absence was noticeable. The Saudis appeared to be unwilling to sit beside Israel, until the Palestinian issue could be resolved.

Their reluctance proved prescient as barely a month later, on October 7, Hamas fighters jumped the security barrier, killing, raping and abducting Israelis and foreigners. The retaliatory war by Israel still continues, causing tremendous loss of life in Gaza, repeated displacement of the population an

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