It was always a holy war but that term was kept hidden from public so the opponents would not have bipartisan support from the common Muslim across the globe. Occasionally, there were Freudian slips hinting at the concept. Now it has become difficult to hide.
What you describe as safe hubs for regional black money, some economists call Havens for Capitalism. It is where economic freedom and liberty wants to burst out of control and restraint. Though we may consider them unpleasant from moral perspective, they serve an important function as a lubricant in market economy. Take for example UAE. It is all that has been described. But, for Pakistan. which does not have trading relations with India, it furnishes a window through which they can import essentials like medicines. Without this arrangement, they would be paying much higher price importing from Europe etc., Hong Kong and Singapore have played a vital role in the development of China and Southeast Asia.
Egypt taking control of Gaza, means the end of Palestinian resistance forever. Egyptian government would be forced to disarm everyone there, and people there will not take it lightly, i.e. Egyptians would have to fight Hamas and PIJ to disarm them.
That's what I thought as well. But if you're faced with this (2nd Nakba) versus complete annihilation of Gazans, don't tell me you'd choose the latter option.
Egypts total public debt to multilateral institutions (such as IMF, European Investment bank, African development bank etc) sits around $52bn (per dec-22).
Explains why Israeli opinion is turning against the war in Tel-Aviv, it is becoming a disaster for Israel and could mean the end of Netanyahu just like Serbian Milošević (another war criminal and mass murderer). Netanyahu should be arrested and turned over to the Hague for crimes against humanity and the Americans should shut up or join him:-
