![Views of Bethlehem through the fences in the West Bank, Palestine.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240517-gonzalez-martinez-opinion-publica-espanola-reconocimiento-estado-de-palestina-368x240.jpg)
Themes
Middle East
![Views of Bethlehem through the fences in the West Bank, Palestine.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240517-gonzalez-martinez-opinion-publica-espanola-reconocimiento-estado-de-palestina-368x240.jpg)
![A blue and black digital map of the earth and huge network. Background: Oxford blue view with more connection dots.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/20240507-milosevich-impact-russia-resilience-nato-southern-neighbourhood-1-368x240.jpg)
The impact of Russia on the resilience of NATO and the Southern Neighbourhood
![Aerial view of Etihad Towers and Emirates Palace Hotel in west Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, one of the most influential countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240226-ari25-amirah-arnal-abu-dabi-consejo-cooperacion-del-golfo-368x240.jpg)
Economic and financial relations between Spain and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf: an initial assessment
![Person holding the flag of Palestine in the street. Background: Building facade in daylight.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240409-liel-spanish-recognition-of-palestine-368x240.jpg)
Spain’s recognition of the State of Palestine can make the difference
![Destruction of al-Wahda Street after the Israel Defense Forces airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in May 2021. The al-Wehda Street is located in the densely populated neighbourhood of al-Rimal in Gaza City. R2P](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240301-alexander-r2p-gaza-368x240.jpg)
The limits of international law: the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), Israel and the International Court of Justice
![Image of the Peace Palace at night in The Hague (Netherlands), seat of the International Court of Justice. The ICJ is the principal judicial body of the United Nations](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240201-ari13-remiro-corte-internacional-de-justicia-2-368x240.jpg)
Prospects and implications of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in the case of South Africa against Israel
![An interior shot of the Peace Palace, the seat of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial body of the United Nation. Israeli-Palestinian conflict](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240130-amirah-cij-israel-palestina-368x240.jpg)
A turning point for Israel and Palestine
![Gaza border with Israel. Distant view of residential houses in the northern part of the Gaza strip across an Israeli army post](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240123-ari8-lesser-gaza-368x240.jpg)
Gaza and after: a transatlantic security perspective
![A wall at Netiv HaAsara facing the Gaza border reads the words “Path to Peace” in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. Netiv HaAsara is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-west Negev, it nearly borders the Gaza Strip](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20231211-tribuna-amirah-palestina-israel-paz-368x240.jpg)
Recognising Palestine, a prerequisite for hope and peace
![View of the Al Aqsa Mosque, one of the Muslim temples in Jerusalem and a flashpoint in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231114-sicilialozanoarieng-guard-down-deconstructing-the-7-october-policy-defence-and-intelligence-failure-368x240.jpg)
Guard down: deconstructing the 7 October policy, defence and intelligence failure
![Image of flags of Latin American countries at the CELAC preparatory meeting in Quito, Ecuador (2015). Gaza crisis](https://media.realinstitutoelcano.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231018-ari100-malamud-nunez-america-latina-gaza-hero-368x240.jpg)
Latin America and the Gaza crisis
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