News and Analysis 9/21/25

“Rather than act to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza, western leaders rally behind a French-Saudi scheme for fictive statehood that entrenches Israeli supremacy and props up the PA” …

“Experts assert that Pakistan’s powerful Army chief Asim Munir seeks to become the leader of the Muslim world by forming an ‘Islamic NATO’”:

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“[P]urely transactional logic is expressed as a real estate ‘deal’ ? a hallmark of Trump, Witkoff and Kushner ? with the idea of ‘[increasing the] value’ of the Gaza Strip to as much as $300 billion within 10 years, compared to its current value, which is considered to be zero”:

• The US Plan to Expel Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians from Gaza (Le Monde)

“The UAE’s visceral opposition to political Islam was one reason that drove the country to establish diplomatic relations with Israel in 2020. It also drives the UAE’s backroom manoeuvring to secure an influential role in a post-war Gaza”:

• The UAE Fuels Moves to Ban the Muslim Brotherhood – Analysis (Eurasia Review)

“Under Shi’ite law, a man can have four permanent wives simultaneously and any number of temporary wives. He needs his first wife’s consent for additional permanent marriages, but not for temporary ones”:

• Temporary Marriage in Iran: religiously sanctioned, socially taboo (Iran International)