There’s a ‘New Middle East’, but not the one Israel planned

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: October 18, 2026Country: Israel

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There’s a ‘New Middle East’, but not the one Israel planned

Israeli leaders hoped to redraw the Middle East and erase Palestine. The article says their wars of expansion have instead pushed countries across the region to work together against Israel. The resulting regional realignment is not the one Israeli leaders had planned.

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