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This Week's Edition: Arabs React To The Trump "Bad Palestinian" Debate, The Middle East Inches Closer To Another War, Trump Does Business In Arabian Gulf "Again!" — And More MENA News.

News stories we’re watching this week …

• Qatari Diar launches vast Simaisma Project.

• Trump calls Biden a ‘bad Palestinian’ in US presidential debate jab.

• Yemen’s Houthis claim joint raid on Israeli ships with Iraqi militia.

• Qatar records higher exports of petroleum gases and re-exports; trade surplus at QR17.59bn in May.

• 'This belongs to Jews': 'Israeli balloons' tell Lebanese to flee their homes.

• Biden Granted US Visa to Assad’s Cousin. Republicans Say That May Have Violated Sanctions.

• New EU sanctions list for Hamas financiers includes front companies based in Spain, Sudan.

• Donald Trump Jr.'s Trip to Middle East Raises Eyebrows.

• Critically ill children leave Gaza in first evacuation in weeks.

• U.S. sanctions 'sprawling' shadow banking network for supporting Iranian military.

• EXPLAINER OF THE WEEK: ‘Jai Palestine’: Why an Indian MP invoked Gaza war while taking oath

  
  

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