A year on, the war in Gaza has spilled beyond Israel and Palestine with escalation across the region intensifying.
Recent weeks have seen Israel deepening its military offensive on Lebanon and keeping the north of the Gaza strip under siege, while leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas have been successfully targeted by its forces. Israel also launched an unprecedented assault against Iran in response to Tehran’s missile attacks on Israeli territory earlier in October.
Against this backdrop, regional states, particularly in the Gulf, in line with their overall approach to the conflict, are prioritizing diplomacy over escalation. They maintain their neutrality on the hostility between Israel and Iran and its aligned groups from the axis of resistance.
The strength of old alliances is being tested while new alignments are uncovered that may reshape the geopolitical landscape of the region, particularly following the US presidential election.
In this webinar, experts will examine:
- What are Israel’s calculations at this stage and how have the domestic political dynamics changed over recent weeks?
- What are the impacts of the war on Iran and its aligned actors and what can we expect from Tehran and groups from the axis of resistance?
- How are the wars in Gaza and Lebanon connected and would ending one stop the other?
- What is the response from regional states, particularly in the Gulf, and what role can they play?
- What are the possible scenarios for a post-election US policy on Israel and the Middle East?
