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THE BRICS DEAL WITH UNCERTAIN CONSEQUENCES FOR RAFAH

✍️A Collaboration by Lone Wolf and Hikaru Kitabayashi✍️

Israel was trying to coordinate a Rafah operation with Egypt and the United States. But, on 23 February 2024, Egypt and UAE, both BRICS members, bypassed the Collective West to make the biggest direct investment deal in Egypt’s history. Over the first two months of the deal, a total of $35 billion will be injected into Egypt's economy which will help address its hard currency shortage, reduce its foreign debts, as well as let it move ahead with urban development.

Before this deal, the Egyptian economy was in a state of increasing desperation. However, just two weeks after, a fresh agreement was reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whereby Egypt signed an expanded $8bn deal which enlarged a $3bn, 46-month IMF Extended Fund Facility dating to December 2022. The IMF had wanted an economic reform package that included privatization, subsidy reductions, a flexible exchange rate, and making the military’s role in the national economy more transparent. Nevertheless, one does not need to be a cynic to question whether, in every case, the Egyptian government really intends now to actually implement all IMF demanded changes. After all, BRICS membership entails being part of a process of actively de-dollarizing the world economy. One could just as easily interpret the IMF's sudden generosity towards Egypt as a somewhat feeble, face-saving attempt to counter the growth of BRICS influence rather than as an inflexible imposition of national impoverishment as is usually the case.

The Egyptian government, although partly complicit in the initial Gaza genocide, objects to any influx of Palestinians into the Sinai peninsula. With economic desperation no longer being as pressing and Iran showing how vulnerable Israel's defenses are, recently increasing signs of self-respect suggest a possible greater willingness than before to stand ground and that the Egyptians do not trust the Israelis to respect the Gaza border fence. Egypt has built a second border wall on the Egyptian side of the border to serve as a deterrent. The deterrent may not work, either, if Israel extends the fighting into the Sinai, thus ending the peace treaty with Egypt to cause an unpredictable response.

The Collective West seems to think the fate of Rafah has been sealed and that Egypt has been taken care of, that it will always opt for a peaceful response as it needs peace to attract tourists and money. They assume Saudi Arabia will also remain quiet because it has financial, logistical, and geopolitical challenges. Riyadh has been forced to review its trillion dollar Vision 2030 megaproject which was launched in 2017 for the sake of economic diversification. Riyadh understands that the success of Vision 2030 heavily depends on stability in West Asia as a whole. Consequently, it reached a peace deal with Yemen, preserved the Beijing-brokered 2023 Saudi–Iranian détente, restored relations with Qatar and Syria, and mended fences with Turkiye. However, Israel’s brutal seven-month war has created headwinds.

There is no denying that Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification requires ships to be able to freely travel the Red Sea. This helps explain Riyadh’s frustration with the White House for not forcing Israel to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza and to Saudi Arabia’s decision not to join any US-led security initiatives and military operations in the Red Sea against Yemen. Before, some maintained that normalizing relations with Israel was necessary to complete Vision 2030. Yet, now amid the Gaza genocide, normalization seems, for the time being, off the table.

The fate of Rafah was also once certain. But, certainty quickly changes. Rafah, it seems, will bring its own surprises.

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In Germany, they admitted that the local government is obstructing the investigation into explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

There is no doubt that the US is the main suspect. However, the German government is suppressing information and impeding the investigation of sabotage and a terrorist attack against German and Russian infrastructure,

- said Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany faction, member of the energy committee Steffen Kotre.

The politician is confident that Berlin will continue to oppose the investigation at the international level. He noted that instead of representing the interests of German citizens, the government is working against them.

According to him, Germany recognizes that the severance of relations with Russia damages the welfare, assets and security of Germans, but at the same time, with its sanctions policy and aggressive rhetoric towards Moscow, the government is only aggravating the situation.

Even against this background, it is unlikely that it will cooperate with Russia for the benefit of the Germans,

- Cotret summarized with regret.

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🇮🇱⚔🇵🇸Israel-Gaza Conflict: April 28-29 (Recap)

1️⃣ At least 22 people have been killed, including children and women, in overnight Israeli bombings on Rafah and Gaza City, according to Wafa.

2️⃣ Hamas officials are set to travel to Egypt’s capital on Monday for ceasefire talks.

3️⃣ Israeli military’s chief of staff approves plans for the “continuation of war” as hardline ministers warn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his government will collapse if a truce is agreed.

4️⃣ Palestinian author Basim Khandaqji, who has been imprisoned by Israel since 2004, has been named as the winner of the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his novel: A Mask, the Colour of the Sky.

5️⃣ The Green Party’s presidential candidate in the US, who was briefly detained at a student-led protest at Washington University in Missouri, said legitimate criticism of Israel is often incorrectly deemed as anti-Semitism. “Zionism is not Judaism,” Stein, who is Jewish, told Al Jazeera. “And Zionism has been controversial within the Jewish community. In fact since its origins in the 1800s, and that controversy continues today. And the consequences of Zionism is that Jews came in as refugees and said, ‘This land is ours, and we are ethnically cleansing this land.’ And that’s not OK.”

6️⃣ The Israeli government has received indications from senior legal officials that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor is considering issuing arrest warrants for Israeli officials, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12.

At least 34,454 people including more than 15,000 children, have been killed and over 77,575 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 28 April 2024⚡️

🔹In the north of the #Gaza Strip, Israeli troops launched strikes on Beit Hanoun and several areas of the capital of the Palestinian enclave. Footage of destroyed houses circulated on the Net and deaths were reported.

🔹In the central part of the Enclave, sporadic shootings continued north of Nuseirat. However, over the course of two weeks, the configuration of the front in this area did not undergo significant changes.

🔹In the south of the Enclave, the Israelis again attacked Rafah and the eastern areas of Khan Yunis. At the same time, the IDF continued to move armoured vehicles into the border zone in preparation for an offensive in the very south of the enclave.

🔹In the West Bank, operations by Israeli security forces in several settlements took place as usual. A series of clashes happened in Nablus, Qalqilya and Tulkarm, where local militants were active.

🔹Along the border with #Lebanon, the usual exchange of strikes continued. Hezbollah fighters fired missiles at the Meron Military Base and several IDF border posts, while Israeli troops worked throughout southern #Lebanon.

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