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Dominique Moïsi: "three years later, Israel is still paralyzed by the experience of 7 October"

It was a year ago: the signing of the peace plan for Gaza proposed by Donald Trump. The cease-fire, which came into effect the next day, has since only the name, violated almost every day by the Israeli army. Living conditions in the enclave are always extreme, the population without perspective; subjects absent from the campaign for Israeli legislatures. Geopolitologist Dominique Moïsi, a specialist in the Middle East, was the Invity of Au Coeur de l'Info.

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Drawing news: three years after October 7th, the entire Middle East has burned

Three years after the October 7 attack and on the eve of decisive elections for the Hebrew state, Israeli society is still traumatized and partly deaf to the war that Benjamin Netanyahu's government is leading in retaliation for Hamas' attack in the Gaza Strip. A conflict that has since spread throughout the Middle East region.

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Oil: Middle East exports return above pre-war levels

Despite the explosive situation in the Straits of Ormuz and Bab al-Mandeb, the flow of crude oil from the Middle East exceeded its pre-war average in the last week of September, according to Kpler. But between attacks on ships, supply tensions and high pump prices, the recovery remains fragile.

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Superprofit tax, lower climate bonds? EU wants to fight expensive oil

It's not good to take his car. Not because of traffic jams, but because of the price of gasoline that has never been so high in Europe. In a geopolitical context as tense as ever – in the Middle East and Ukraine – the cost of a litre of gasoline is breaking record, as is the cost of diesel.

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Ormuz Strait: Iran says to wait for US response on its plan

Tehran hopes to obtain on Tuesday an official response from Washington regarding its proposals on the reopening of the Strait of Ormuz. Iran requires, inter alia, a seven-day ceasefire throughout the Middle East, the thawing of its assets held abroad and the lifting of sanctions against its oil sector.

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Visiting the Pope: What harvest?

In this number of discussion, we address the Pontifical Visit to France, which has known three stations: Paris, Metz and Lord. The 14th Pope Lyon visit was printed by numerous spiritual and human messages embodied in the sancour of the Concord, as well as in Lord and Metz. Josie's a shiny, volunteer in a church.

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The UN is helpless in the face of global disorder?

The 81st UN General Assembly opened on Tuesday in New York. The Heads of State and Government followed each other in the rostrum, in the midst of growing tensions and divisions, as wars continued in the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine. In his speech, Trump said that an agreement with Iran would be reached after the mid-term elections.

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Conflict in Yemen: Donald Trump's fluctuating strategy

Donald Trump has been raving several times in recent days about his strategy in Yemen, divided between Saudi pressure to hit the pro-Iranian Houthis and the risk of engaging the United States in a new front in the Middle East, according to the New York Times. The explanations of Matthieu Mabin, correspondent France 24 in Washington.

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Fuel prices: the crisis in the Strait of Ormuz catches up with France

Conflicts in the Middle East have an impact on the world economy. The fuel crisis affects many countries, including France. Seven months before the presidential elections, the executive was deployed to try to calm the social grunt that was rising due to the high prices at the pump. The Prime Minister is holding two meetings today in Matignon to act on aid and oil supplies.

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Gas oil prices set new record in France: an emergency meeting in Matignon

Sébastien Lecornu will hold Monday, September 21, two meetings in Matignon with ministers: one in the morning with the directors of central administrations on oil and gas supplies, disturbed by a war in the Middle East that is going on forever, and the other in the afternoon dedicated to "the short- and medium-term accompaniment" of the French against the boom of prices at the pump. The explanations of Flore Simon, political columnist in France 24.

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Houthis strike Ryad: in Yemen, "they exist through war"

The United States said that it feared a "rapid escalation" of hostilities in the Middle East following the attacks by the Yemeni Houthis against Saudi Arabia, whose capital had been targeted for the first time in months by these pro-Iranian fighters. We are talking about the situation with Quentin Müller, an independent journalist and expert on the Arabian peninsula.

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Middle East: Washington fears "rapid escalation" after attack on Ryad

On Saturday, 19 September, the United States warned of a "rapid escalation" of hostilities in the Middle East in the face of attacks by the Yemeni Houthis against Saudi Arabia, whose capital was targeted for the first time in months by these pro-Iranian fighters. We talk about this with our guest David Rigoulet-Roze, editor of the magazine "Orients Stratégiques".

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Yemen, Russia's "hybrid" war and AI dangers

This week's summary: the war in the Middle East and the Yemeni front that continues to ignite, Russia's hybrid attacks on European countries and the debate about the dangers of AI, which could wipe out humanity according to some whistleblowers.

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