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Why Israel has been feuding with the United Nations for years.
Failure by the West to rein in Israel’s actions has led to accusations of ‘double standards’ regarding international law.
Sinwar had become an important symbol of Palestinian resistance. Hamas may struggle to replace him.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing pressure on multiple fronts, but he is likely to continue the war to appease the right-wing members of his cabinet.
If Israel is considering another zone of occupation in southern Lebanon, it will want to remove UN peacekeepers.
If there is ever to be a more peaceful coexistence between Israel and Palestine, then the position of hardline Israelis has to be recognised.
October 7 was a terrible milestone in a conflict that has been raging for nearly eight decades and seems to have no prospect of ending.
Once a source of unity, anguish over the hostages is now one more source of sharp divides in Israeli politics.
As the ground war in Lebanon heats up, how did it happen and where might it all end up?
The US is ruling out a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, but Israel has other options for retaliation. One thing is clear: a regional war is no longer imminent, it is here.
Iran could no longer be seen as sitting on the fence, allowing its proxy allies, Hezbollah and Hamas, to engage with Israel on their own.
This is the sixth time Israel has mounted a military invasion of Lebanon.
With Israeli troops on the ground in Southern Lebanon, conflict in the Middle East escalates further. But Israel’s tried this before and hasn’t achieved its goals.
Hezbollah’s leadership ranks have been decimated, but it has the capacity to re-establish itself. It also reportedly has an arsenal of 150,000 rockets, missiles and drones it can use to strike back.
Israelis and Lebanese face similar predicaments: Their well-being is being sacrificed for military priorities.
MIddle East expert addressed four key questions about the recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Greens leader Adam Bandt joins us to talk about the immediate impasse as well as his party's broad agenda including its demands if Labor fell into minority at the election.
A lack of moral and legal clarity over the Gaza crisis threatens to undermine New Zealand’s international reputation.
Judges at the ICC are mulling over whether to issue arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel.
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Research scholar, Middle East studies, Australian National University
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Affiliate Researcher, The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation, Monash University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Professor of Political Science and Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Chair, Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Political Science, Co-founder of the Political Economy Forum, University of Washington
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of International Relations, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
