Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز (rmomtaz.bsky.social)
@RymMomtaz
🇱🇧&🇺🇸 (Paris-based) Editor-in-chief of Strategic Europe, @carnegie_europe after more than a decade on Middle East affairs. Multiple @newsemmys winner.
A nuanced, insightful thread on Syria
A grim irony of Syria’s current spiral is that the authorities—in their quest to project strength and consolidate power—are putting themselves in a position of untenable weakness.🧵
A Senator as experienced shld be better informed before tweeting. Macron’s diplomatic maneuver re:recognizing Palestinian statehood is premised on commitments by Abbas and Arab partners to disarm Hamas, ensure it doesn’t participate in elections, and on reforming the PA.
The French government’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state is curious and disturbing on multiple levels. I am certain this will embolden Hamas and make a ceasefire more difficult. In addition, here are some questions that come to mind. Who’s in charge? What are the…
Following a good call with @POTUS, we have agreed to meet in Scotland on Sunday to discuss transatlantic trade relations, and how we can keep them strong.
Politico has compiled a list of people who've left The Washington Post over the last eight months or so. It's three pages long. politico.com/f/?id=00000198…
"Had Iran fired a few more large volleys of missiles, Israel could have exhausted its supply of top-tier Arrow 3 munitions, one of the U.S. officials said." wsj.com/world/israel-i…
Any reporters @DailyMail @DailyMailUK I know?
#بيان | تعرب وزارة الخارجية عن ترحيب المملكة العربية السعودية بإعلان فخامة رئيس الجمهورية الفرنسية إيمانويل ماكرون عزم بلاده على الاعتراف بدولة فلسطين الشقيقة.
Striking how ISR politicians don’t get that ISR’s violation of intl law in its response to terrorist Oct7 attack, ministers repeatedly calling for Gaza’s ethnic cleansing, enabling settler crimes in West Bank that contributed to Macron’s move (which also requires disarming Hamas)
Macron just awarded Hamas a prize for committing the October 7 massacre. This shameful act is nothing less than a betrayal by one of the so-called “leaders” of the free world. It sends a chilling message: terrorism pays off. @EmmanuelMacron will be remembered as a collaborator…
Threats by some in Israeli govt to annex West Bank “in response” to Macron’s Palestine recognition beggars belief. This Israeli govt has de facto already been annexing the West Bank, vote in Knesset is but the latest in a long list of actions doing just that.
Macron commitment to recognize Palestine is big assist in the service of Trump’s stated objective: Gaza ceasefire and regional normalisation. It’s conceived of in Paris as complimentary to his efforts to get ceasefire by increasing Arab pressure on Hamas, focusing on day-after.
Macron commitment to recognize Palestine is big assist in the service of Trump’s stated objective: Gaza ceasefire and regional normalisation. It’s conceived of in Paris as complimentary to his efforts to get ceasefire by increasing Arab pressure on Hamas, focusing on day-after.
Deft move by Macron/diplo team: leveraged 1 card (recognition) to get commitments for day-after since FR can’t deliver ceasefire. Given partners’ bts reluctance, going public now, pressures -Arabs to deliver stab force, disarming Hamas, reconstruction -🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🇨🇦 to recognize 🇵🇸
خطوة حاذقة من ماكرون وفريقه:استعملوا الورقة الوحيدة في حوزتهم (الاعتراف) للحصول على تعهدات من السلطة الفلسطينية والدول العربية (رسالة عباس حزيران/ورقة الطريق لمؤتمر NY من العرب). نظرا لترددات الشركاء منذ حزيران إعلان ماكرون يضغط على العرب للوفاء بوعودهم وعلى 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🇨🇦 للاعتراف
🚨في رسالة لمحمود عباس - يتعهد إيمانويل ماكرون بالاعتراف الكامل بدولة فلسطين خلال UNGA في أيلول - نظرا لتعهد عباس باصلاح السلطة الفلسطينية، تنظيم انتخابات، تجريد حماس من السلاح بالإضافة لإدانة عملية 7 oct والدعوة للإفراج عن الاسرى.
🚨في رسالة لمحمود عباس - يتعهد إيمانويل ماكرون بالاعتراف الكامل بدولة فلسطين خلال UNGA في أيلول - نظرا لتعهد عباس باصلاح السلطة الفلسطينية، تنظيم انتخابات، تجريد حماس من السلاح بالإضافة لإدانة عملية 7 oct والدعوة للإفراج عن الاسرى.
Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…
🚨Macron in letter to Mahmoud Abbas: “in light of the commitments you’ve taken France will fully recognize Palestine as a State when I attend UNGA in Sept” In June letter Abbas condemned Oct 7, called for freeing hostages, committed to reforming PA, disarming Hamas, holding elex
Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…
Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAP say that new legislation submitted by Zelensky to parliament fully restores their independence, urge swift passage next week. This comes after a wave of protests triggered by parliament and Zelensky two days ago putting these…
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
Merci à @MrjDuclos et @soliozel2 pour cet entretien.
Le monde de Trump, vu dans le monde arabe. Une analyse étincelante de @RymMomtaz pour @i_montaigne institutmontaigne.org/expressions/le…
Strategic Europe breaks for the summer today, an excerpt from my note to our readers on Europe’s strategic environment: “the Middle East, where Europe’s paralysis has collapsed its claim as a vanguard for upholding international law and the rules-based international order.“
