Daily Archives: September 28, 2025
Palestinian Leaders, Gulf States Such as Qatar, Have No Interest in Real Peace with Israel
The main stumbling block to Trump’s repeated efforts to end the conflict in Gaza, though, remains the fact that Palestinian leaders, and Qatar, have no genuine interest in negotiating a permanent peace deal with Israel. Qatar, as well as other Gulf States, which reportedly are expected to pay for the reconstruction of Gaza, will doubtless demand a role in its future governance. Such a concession, even if Israel were to monitor security, would be a monumental recipe for disaster.
Iran: Fear of Running Short of Water
Lake Urmia, once the 18th largest in the world, seems to have gone for good. The position of scores of rivers is no better. One immediate effect is a steady drop in food production. Another cause of the current crisis, as mentioned by Pezeshkian, is population increase. It was with a sigh of relief that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian welcomed the new academic year and the start of autumn the other day — relief that what is dubbed “the thirstiest summer” in Iran’s long history was over.
