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Israel has been at loggerheads with the UN for years.
There’s a growing clamour for Israel to be suspended from the UN over its banning of Unrwa.
Gaza’s GDP dropped by 81% in the first few months of the war – the situation now is almost certainly worse.
National identities are also the source of fierce loyalties and resistances. They elevate individual stories to the weight and scale of a national story.
Sinwar had become an important symbol of Palestinian resistance. Hamas may struggle to replace him.
1 in 43 Palestinians have lost a child to war. Bereavement on this scale can drive conflict for generations to come, and reshape whole societies.
One year on, the sense of grief and hurt from October 7 is still strong.
Before Oct. 7, 2023, the Middle East seemed relatively stable. The peace was broken by Hamas’ attack, Israel’s response and expanding regional violence. But the politics have not changed.
War is escalating in the Middle East and continuing in Ukraine, Sudan and Myanmar. Gun violence in the US is ballooning, too. How do our cultures nurture violence? And can we change?
Australia can take legal action against people accused of atrocity crimes, even if the person isn’t Australian and the alleged crimes were miles away. But the laws are flawed.
There is now speculation that Israel may invade Lebanon while Hezbollah is in disarray.
The passions aroused by Israel’s escalating response to the Hamas attacks have revived centuries-old stereotypes, blurring the distinction between opposition to Israel and hatred of Jewish people.
Judges at the ICC are mulling over whether to issue arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and Israel.
Israel’s war in Gaza, which is fast approaching its first anniversary, is taking a heavy economic toll.
Today we're joined on the podcast by Ghaith Krayem, a spokesman for the group Muslim Votes Matter. The group plans to back candidates who support the issues it says Muslims care about.
However, signals do matter, especially when seen as part of a broader international shift.
Fighting in parts of Gaza has paused to allow young children to be vaccinated against polio.
Four criteria are generally used to define a state in international law. From our authors’ perspective, Palestine appears to meet all four.
The study of literature and rhetoric were at the heart of the elite ancient education carried out in Gaza.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Royal Holloway University of London
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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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Lecturer in Peace and Reconciliation, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations, Foreign Policy Lead of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Reader in International Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, UCL
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Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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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, Sociology, Mount Royal University
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Lecturer in Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
