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SvennoJ on 07 December 2025
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Syria’s president accuses Israel of using military action to divert attention

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has accused Israel of stoking regional tensions to divert attention from the “horrifying massacres” it has committed in Gaza.

Speaking at the Doha Forum, al-Sharaa said Israeli leaders “often exports crises to other countries” as they increasingly invoke security pretexts to expand military action.

“They justify everything, using their security concerns, and they take October 7 and extrapolate it to everything that is happening around them,” he said. “Israel has become a country that is in a fight against ghosts.”


International force in Gaza will be for peacekeeping, not imposing peace: Egypt’s FM

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has told Al Jazeera that an international force must be deployed in Gaza to ensure that both sides adhere to the ceasefire.

The force should be for peacekeeping, not imposing peace, he said, adding that there is a huge difference between the two.

He also stressed that weapons must be restricted in the Strip and that the Rafah crossing should be open to the entry of aid and the evacuation of medical patients requiring treatment abroad, not to become a gateway for the displacement of Palestinians.


No long-term alternative to the two-state solution: Norway’s FM

Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide told Al Jazeera that any future governance in Gaza must be Palestinian, and what Israel is doing in Gaza right now is very dangerous.

In the interview, he said:

  • The terrible war is not over, and the ceasefire is fragile.
  • International support for a Palestinian state has never been as strong as it is now.
  • The situation is difficult, but it presents an opportunity to end the genocidal war on Gaza and lay the foundations for a solution to the conflict.
  • We do not invest in any company that exports weapons to Israel for use in the occupied West Bank.
  • It was a mistake to give Israel a veto through the Oslo Accords.
  • There is no long-term alternative to the two-state solution, which must be supported internationally.
  • The occupation is illegal in every respect, as confirmed by the ICJ.