Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian celebrates Christmas and Epiphany in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, January 2021.
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An Australian businessman with links to the settler movement is trying to buy up about a quarter of the ancient Armenian Quarter.
People wave Russian, Palestinian and Hamas flags.
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The Gaza war has complicated issues in Ukraine, with Putin looking to exploit events in the Middle East to garner support among the Global South.
Armed and dangerous: fighters from Iran’s Quds Force at a funeral for comrades killed in the February 2 US airstrikes in Iraq.
EPA-EFE/Ahmed Jalil
Iran funds a large network of armed groups across the Middle East as part of its ambition to replace the US as regional power.
(From left): Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, US President Bill Clinton, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at a ceremony marking the signing of the 1993 peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians on the White House lawn.
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The two sides got very close to a deal in the 1990s but have drifted apart since then.
Israeli soldiers drive a tank on the border with the Gaza Strip on Feb. 4, 2024.
(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Is Israel changing course following the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice? It appears not, and that poses risks for the international community, including Canada.
‘UK could recognise Palestine after the war’: David Cameron made the promise while in Lebanon, meeting the caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati.
EPA-EFE/Wael Hamzeh
Much of the world already recognises Palestinian statehood. But recognition by the US and UK would be a hugely important decision.
EPA-EFE/Michael Reynolds
The Biden administration has calibrated its strikes so as not to provoke a wider armed conflict in the region.
Food vendors in a market in Gaza in October 2023.
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Starvation is used as a military strategy to avoid costly losses to one’s own forces in unfavourable terrain or conditions.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is the main relief organisation operating in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Destroying the main relief agency in Gaza would be a catastrophe for its people, most of whom have been displaced by the conflict and are desperate for food, shelter and medical supplies.
Palestinians await the distribution of UNRWA flour.
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The US is among more than a dozen countries to freeze funding to UN agency providing aid to displaced Gazans over allegations of complicity in the Oct. 7 attack.
Weighing up options: the US president, Joe Biden, is considering how to retaliate to the drone attack which killed three US servicemen in Jordan on January 28.
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History tells us that US presidents tend to be cautious about foreign policy in an election year – especially in the Middle East.
Under pressure: Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers an economic briefing, January 30 2024.
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Facing a parliamentary election in March, the Islamic Republic is trying to distract attention away from its economic woes with a show of strength.
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi, right, greets the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, at the start of their meeting at his office in Tehran in June 2023.
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Iran prefers to engage Israel through its proxies, but the risk of escalation makes this a dangerous strategy.
Jordanian and U.S. tanks take part in joint maneuvers in September 2022.
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Three American troops were killed and dozens more injured in an attack on a base in Jordan. How the Biden administration responds could determine if conflict in the Middle East widens.
On Dec. 8, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral of a 25-year-old Israeli soldier who was killed in Gaza.
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A scholar of Israeli politics explains why Israelis are increasingly turning against Netanyahu and his promise that Israel can quickly defeat Hamas and bring Israeli hostages home.
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The US maintains a two-state solution is still possible, but Israel’s leader – and a majority of its people – disagree.
Pro-Palestinian activists wave flags during a session of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan. 26.
(AP Photo/Patrick Post)
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.
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Much greater emphasis will need to be taken to distinguish between targeting combatants and civilians, and additional measures of precaution will need to be taken to avoid civilian casualties.
Tragedy: a protester against the Netanyahu government at a vigil in Tel Aviv for the Israeli hostages, January 20.
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A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
Many journalists have been killed while reporting on the Gaza conflict.
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International press freedom bodies are concerned about the high numbers of deaths of journalists reporting from Gaza.