In recent years, the Middle East has witnessed a major diplomatic shift marked by a wave of normalisation agreements between Israel and several Arab nations. Sparked by the Abraham Accords in 2020, countries like the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco have established official ties with Israel. While some celebrate these agreements as milestones for peace and economic cooperation, they have also sparked deep skepticism, especially among those committed to justice for the Palestinian people. Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy and a vital voice of the Global South, has stood firm in refusing to recognise or normalise relations with Israel as long as a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question remains absent. This principled stance reflects […]
