Before the 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas and the subsequent war in Gaza, the emergence of a new Gulf economy that would leave behind the Middle East region’s traumatic history of conflict seemed possible. Bahrain and the UAE had signed ‘Abraham Accords’ and there was growing speculation that even Saudi Arabia would also normalise relations with Israel.
For the best part of five decades, GSN has tracked the Israel-Palestine conflict and its impact on the Gulf states.
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