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  • This house believes that it was in the interest of the UAE to reject the Israel-UAE peace deal

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    The UAE-Israel Peace agreement or the Abraham Accord promises to establish normal diplomatic, security and economic relations between the two countries in exchange for Israel agreeing to hold off on annexing the West Bank

    MonDO 2020 · Open Final · 2020-08-29

  • Assuming Israel will accept, as Palestinian Authority, this house would let go of the Gaza Strip in exchange of Palestinian independence in the West Bank

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    Palestine area is divided into two main territories: Gaza, located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and the West Bank, located on the west side of the Jordan River.

    Argumentum Open 2020 · 3 · 2020-08-29

  • This house, as fans of the club, supports a takeover by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.

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    A professional sports club of a city in the West which has a glorious past but is currently struggling to compete at the top. A group of investors, led by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, launched a bid to purchase the club. PIF has almost US$400bln under management, with multiple times the resources of any other sports club owners.

    IBA DU Nations League · 2 · 2020-08-21

  • This house would, as Lebanon, welcome significantly greater French influence over its domestic affairs (e.g. political-constitutional arrangements, economic policies etc.)

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    An explosion occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4, leaving over 200 dead and 6,000 injured. The government has declared a two-week state of emergency. Lebanon's government operates on a broad power-sharing arrangement, with designated seats in the legislature reserved for members of each of its major religious denominations - e.g. Maronite Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Sunni Muslims, Shi'ite Muslims, Druze Muslims. President of France Emmanuel Macron visited the country last week, pledging significant international support for the country's reconstruction efforts.

    Cross-DebSoc Pre-ABP Tournament 2020 · 3 · 2020-08-21

  • This house believes that Turkey should withdraw from Syria

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    Turkey has been actively involved in the Syrian War since 2011 by providing military assistance to the Free Syrian Army (anti-Assad rebel forces). The country has also hosted 4 million registered Syrian refugees by 2019 with increasing domestic demand for the influx to be stopped. However in early 2020 the situation Idlib--a city on the border of Syria and Turkey--has increased in tension. The Syrian Army killed three dozen Turkish troops. As a result Turkey has launched a military offensive against the Syrian regime and has already shot down two Syrian warplanes killing more than 2000 Syrian regime troops. The strike has also increased the chances of a confrontation between Turkey — a US NATO ally — and Assad’s benefactor Russia.

    Hasanuddin British Parliamentary 2020 · 3 · 2020-08-09

  • This house, as an average resident of Gaza, would support Hamas and their agendas

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    Hammas has been the de facto governing authority of the Gaza Strip since 2007. Hamas has always had anti-Israel agendas and has been in active war against Israel since Hamas' inception.

    DSDC Coherence 2020 · Open Quarters · 2020-08-07

  • This house as Likud W support and adopt the Jewish People’s Intelligence Services Doctrine.

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    The Jewish People’s Intelligence Services Doctrine states that:

    Taylor's Debate Open 2020 · 4 · 2020-08-04

  • This house, as Likud, W support and adopt the Jewish People’s Intelligence Services Doctrine.

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    The Jewish People’s Intelligence Services Doctrine states that: The Jewish People’s Intelligence Services should have a significant responsibility not only to Israeli citizens’ security, but also to the security of Jewish communities abroad. If this doctrine were adopted, Israel would use significant resources and launch potentially violent covert operations in order to keep Jewish people safe internationally.

    Taylor's Debate Open · 4 · 2020-08-01

  • That we, as Benny Gantz, regret signing the coalition agreement between Likud and the Blue and White alliance.

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    Blue and White is a centre to centre-left political alliance in Israel, led by Benny Gantz. Following Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) elections held in March 2020, Blue and White entered into a coalition agreement with Likud, the party of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, resulting in the formation of a unity government. Among the terms of the agreement are the stipulation that Netanyahu will serve as Prime Minister of Israel until October 2021, at which point Gantz will assume the position.

The March 2020 elections were the third in a series of Knesset elections which began in April 2019. Following the first two elections, neither of the two major parties (i.e. Blue and White and Likud) were able to form government, leading to the dissolution of the Knesset and the calling of snap elections. Following the signing of the coalition agreement, two of the parties which made up Blue and White left the alliance, leaving the Israel Resilience Party as the only remaining party. As a result, Blue and White now only controls 14 out of the 120 seats in the Knesset, compared to the 33 seats which it won in the March 2020 elections.

    Monash Australs 2020 · 4 · 2020-07-11

  • That we regret the Trump-Taliban peace deal agreement.

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    The Trump-Taliban peace deal is an agreement made by the United States (US) and Taliban forces in Afghanistan. The US and allies (like NATO) promise to withdraw their forces from the region by 2021 and remove sanctions against the Taliban if they fulfil their end of the deal, which includes: conducting prisoner swap between Taliban prisoners and the Afghan security forces’ prisoners; and agreeing to not allow parties that pose a threat to US & allies' security (e.g. al-Qaeda or any other extremist groups) to operate in areas under Taliban control.

    Monash Australs 2020 · 4 · 2020-07-11

  • This house believes that the GNA and its allies should abandon any attempts at peace negotiations and continue its current push against the LNA

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    . Oil-rich Libya has been in chaos since the Arab spring movement and NATO bombing campaign that toppled Gaddafi in 2011. Attempts to build a democratic state after Gaddafi fell, disintegrated into a new civil war between rival governments in 2014. Since 2014 the fighting has mainly been between rival centres of political power in east and west Libya after election disputes: namely the UN-recognised Tripoli administration, known as the Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Sarraj, and the Tobruk administration in the eastern city, which chose General Haftar to lead the Libyan National Army (LNA). While the GNA is officially recognised by the UN as Libya’s legitimate government, it holds little power on the ground, and some distrust its Islamist politics. Haftar’s supporters say he is a bulwark against extremism, while others see him as another would-be military dictator. 2. Over the last few years foreign powers have increasingly intervened in Libya’s civil war to defend their own strategic and economic interests. The democratically chosen GNA is backed by the UN and many western countries, but its main allies are Turkey, Qatar and Italy. The LNA enjoys the support of Russia, Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, France and Jordan. The recent escalation in fighting comes despite increased international pressure on both sides to return to negotiating a political settlement and to halt the violence over concerns about the spread of coronavirus. The recent loss of al-Watiya airbase dealt a significantly heavy setback for Haftar and will help Turkey expand its air operations in the conflict on behalf of the Tripoli government. The LNA’s foreign backers are likely to step up their support in order to counter a string of Turkish successes since Ankara intervened in January

    Borneo Online Debate Championship · Open Semis · 2020-07-10

  • This house regrets the US-Taliban peace deal

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    On February 29, 2020, the American government signed a conditional peace deal with the Taliban. The deal obliges 1) The United States to have a phased withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by 2021 2) Prisoner swaps to take place with 5000 Taliban prisoners being released in exchange for 1000 government soldiers 3) The Taliban to sever ties with Al Qaeda and all other international terror groups, and sit down in peace negotiations with other Afghans. The Afghan government was not a party to the negotiations, although it was kept in the loop.

    17th BDC Pre-Worlds · Quarterfinals · 2020-07-03