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“I was astounded to observe the scope of the activity of left-wing organizations and international antisemitic organizations in Hebron,” Schlissel said.
“The Druze youth protesting in the streets and obstructing roads delivered a message to the Palestinians,” says Ayoub Kara.
Continuing the friction is “not in the interest of Iran or Azerbaijan,” said Meir Javedanfar, a lecturer on Iranian politics at IDC Herzliya in Israel.
“Suppose Iran flaunts U.S. conditions for the nuclear deal, and the Biden administration still insists on folding and concluding this transaction. It will further undermine its stature and credibility and damage America’s reputation with allies and foes alike,” says Ariel Cohen at the Atlantic Council think tank.
Partly driving the shift “is the weakness the United States is showing towards Iran in its efforts to reduce its presence in the Middle East and bolster its position in the Far East against the growing Chinese challenge,” said Bar-Ilan Professor Hillel Frisch, a Middle East expert at the BESA Center.
“These deals are complex and take a great deal of time, but any one thing could spark the right opportunity for a deal to actually be announced and quickly consummated, as we have seen,” said former White House special envoy Jason Greenblatt.


