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The Middle East crisis and global security (2)
11 months agoGazans gather in a square as Hamas fighters secure the area before releasing four Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Gaza City on January 25, 2025. Four freed Israeli women hostages were home in Israel January 25, ending more than 15 months of captivity after Hamas militants handed them over to the Red Cross under a truce deal in the Gaza war. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
In the Arab world, the creation of the state of Israel was viewed as an obstacle to Arab unity, “a geographical base for world imperialism
