Gaza war calls Middle East de-escalation into question.
By James M. Dorsey
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The jury is out on the degree to which the Gaza war threatens pre-war efforts by Middle Eastern states to freeze their differences and focus on economic and security cooperation.
To be sure, the war has raised the stakes with tension mounting on the Lebanese-Israeli border and in the Red Sea.
In addition, Israel’s devastating assault has complicated, if not made impossible, overt cooperation between Israel and Arab states, like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, that have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.
