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Preparing for a second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic and how to deal with the Corona outbreak remains the main issue occupying UK newspapers.
Problems related to the Middle East have also emerged, including the Palestinian reaction to the newly concluded agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
We begin with a report by Oliver Holmes of the Guardian newspaper titled “We Feel Disappointed”, and discusses some Palestinian reactions to the normalization of Israel’s relations with the two Gulf states.
The author says that recent diplomatic developments between Israel and the Gulf states have revealed divisions in relations between the Palestinian and Arab governments, and raised questions about whether they can be relied on to support the Palestinian cause.
For years, he says, Israel has sought strong ties with the Arab world, focusing on the powerful Gulf states with which it shares a common enemy: Iran.
He adds that these efforts led Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign agreements with Israel last week in a ceremony at the White House.
While there had been previously undisclosed relations between the two states and Israel, public relations broke Israel’s widespread isolation in the region, a decades-old policy that Palestinian leaders saw as a vital lever. in their struggle for independence.
“We certainly feel betrayed and betrayed,” prominent Palestinian politician Saeb Erekat told the newspaper, condemning the agreements and describing them as “a great encouragement for the Israeli government to continue its occupation.”
The author says that as part of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Arab countries announced that Israel would not obtain “normal” relations except in exchange for establishing a state for the Palestinians and of the end of the occupation. The Palestinian ambassador to Britain warned that this long-term policy was now in jeopardy.
The author says that in the West Bank and Gaza, the normalization agreements came as no surprise, but they were painful nonetheless.
The newspaper quoted Shadi Abu Samra, 35, a social worker from the city of Ramallah, as saying: “Relations are based on pure interest… Nobody cares about the Palestinian cause.
He added: “I am not at all surprised. It was expected someday. There have long been relations between Israel and the Gulf countries.”
Dalia Karazon, a math professor from the same city, told the newspaper that she understands the Gulf states want to build a front against Iran with Israel’s help and also to please Trump.
But what frustrated Dalia is that the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have claimed the deals will help the Palestinians, according to the Guardian.
Dalia added, “They can do whatever they want, but they shouldn’t tie it to our best interests, as our interest is to end the occupation, not to be reconciled with it.”
Divided on how to counter a second wave
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We turn to the Eye Journal and a report by Paul Gallagher, the newspaper’s health reporter, on divisions among leading UK medical experts over how to tackle a second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.
The writer says that with the onset of the second wave of the epidemic, a clear division has emerged between health experts, scientists, politicians and the public regarding the shutdown measures and precautionary measures needed to prevent a repeat of what happened last spring when thousands of people died from infection with the Corona virus.
The author says British officials have received two open letters from top health experts explaining the extent of the polarization of views regarding the response to the outbreak.
A group of doctors and academics believe the best way is to protect the most vulnerable and local or national closures.
They point out that the vast majority (89%) of coronavirus deaths occur in people over 65 who already have health problems, and they want targeted measures such as protecting retirement homes to be a priority.
A second group of health experts say the government must continue its efforts to reduce the spread of the virus to all groups and the general population, and not just provide support to the most vulnerable age groups to disease.
It says deaths from the virus have occurred in all age and ethnic groups and among people without underlying illnesses.
Medieval techniques
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In the Independent newspaper, we read a report on the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019.
The newspaper says that with boundless precision and energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to successfully lift a huge three-ton oak beam in front of the cathedral.
The document states that carpenters and craftsmen consistently used the methods used 800 years ago to build the wooden structures and buttresses of the cathedral.
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