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Why is the GCC Quiet about Gaza?

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, International Relations, War & Conflict

“Gulf countries awfully quiet about Gaza,” tweets [1] Foreign Policy editor Blake Hounshell. Lebanese journalist Antoun Issa adds:

@antissa [2]: Amazing how eager GCC are to arm Arabs to fight each other, while disappearing completely when it comes to Palestine. #Gaza

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is made up of Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.