The government’s rhetoric in response to the death of the Australian aid worker is stronger than we’d previously seen, but in a conflict with no clear solutions, little will change.
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Nathan Thrall’s harrowing account of an avoidable tragedy doubles as a devastating analysis of the everyday realities of occupation, in the context of Palestinian and Israeli history.
For centuries, colonial powers have used starvation as a tool to control Indigenous populations and take over their land and wealth. A look back at two historic examples on two different continents.
South Africa is among a few countries that completely prohibit the involvement of citizens in foreign armed conflict.
The laws around protest have rarely been tougher – so we have to wonder why the government is seeking more power by redefining what extremism means.
The police presence needed to ensure free expression costs taxpayers money.
What makes a successful protest, and why you might want to take part in social movements.
Writers festivals navigate the fraught frontier between social media’s echo chambers of outrage and the civilised public debate of the public square. What’s the way forward in this heated atmosphere?
The Israel-Hamas conflict is putting a spotlight on all of the different people affected by the war, including Israel soldiers from Ethiopian, Filipino and Bedouin backgrounds.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably feels he has no choice, from a political perspective, but to continue prosecuting the war in the same manner.
Viral bots are ‘tricking’ social media algorithms to get more coverage for disinformation.
Language has been dubbed “the covert operations of war”, such is the power it holds in shaping public opinion. Here’s what we found about the way Australian media has been framing the conflict.
The International Court of Justice stopped short of calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. New Zealand now needs to refine its foreign policy to play a constructive role in what happens next.
The recent ruling by the International Court of Justice means Canada could be guilty of supporting genocide in Gaza by cutting aid funding and continuing military exports to Israel.
Palestine remains the single issue on which South Africa’s support for a people’s struggle has been unquestionably consistent.
The broadcaster’s sacking over a social media post suggests a state of mind induced by two decades of cumulative intimidation, hostility, board-stacking and financial punishment.
New statistics show a spike in the amount of journalists jailed in the country. To protect its democracy, Israel needs to be transparent about why members of the media are arrested.
Conflict between Lebanon and Israel looms – it would throw the Lebanese economy further into crisis.
The Houthis have taken over much of northern Yemen, since they stormed the capital, Sanaa in 2014.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have the power to significantly destabilise global trade by endangering maritime activity in the Red Sea.
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Research scholar, Middle East studies, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Professor of International Law, Australian National University
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Professor of Journalism and Communications, Macquarie University
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Adjunct Professor at the Political Science department, University of Winnipeg
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Associate Professor, Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor Politics and International Relations, Mount Allison University
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of History, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
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Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Teaching Professor, Geography, University of Victoria
