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Hamas just torched Biden’s deal to remake the Middle East
Tentative efforts towards a Saudi-Israel rapprochement have been blown up by the militant group’s attack on Israel.
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A firefighter working to extinguish flames after a rocket attack on Ashkelon, Israel, by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip on Oct 7.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Andreas Kluth
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It turns out that Hamas had a veto in the diplomacy and grand strategy of the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Those three countries have been – somewhat quietly, and at the urging of the White House – inching towards a three-way deal
But their arrangement would have left the Palestinians out in the cold. So Hamas, the most militant group representing Palestinians, decided to blow the whole thing up.
