Sarah Jama at the opening of her Hamilton Centre constituency office, Nov. 14, 2023. Jama opened the office as an Independent MPP after the Ontario NDP kicked her out of caucus for posting a statement in support of Palestinians.
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Censure might occasionally be necessary to preserve the integrity of a parliament, but using it to punish members for their personal views threatens the foundations of democracy.
Two people use a Palestinian keffiyeh to show their support during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Washington on Nov. 4, 2023.
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The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.
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A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
People cheer as a vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas drives toward an army base in Ofakim, southern Israel, on Nov. 26, 2023.
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The diversity of Israel’s Jewish population has been a source of tensions, but also strength, over the decades.
People take advantage of the ceasefire to make their way from northern Gaza Strip to the south.
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A philosopher weighs up the legal and moral arguments on both sides of the conflict.
People unload boxes of medicine from a truck at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 23, 2023.
(AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
Aid workers consistently face a host of moral challenges and often have to make difficult choices. Organizations need to be aware of the mental impact on their staff and provide support.
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More than 450 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the start of the year, the most since 2005.
A Red Cross vehicle believed to be carrying hostages heads out of Gaza.
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One Dutch study found that a third of ex-hostages were still suffering from PTSD nine years after the event.
U.S. President Harry Truman holds a Torah given to him by Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, in May 1948.
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A historian of the Middle East examines the decades-old ‘special relationship’ between Israel and the US.
Palestinians flee to southern Gaza as Israeli tanks block the Salah al-Din road in the central Gaza Strip on Nov. 24, 2023.
(AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman)
Urban warfare and the extensive tunnel network in Gaza benefit Hamas and pose a major challenge to the Israeli military.
This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
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This month, an image of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier raising the rainbow flag in Gaza went viral. But the photo obscures nuance, context and history.
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Specific details about which manufacturers receive export permits and the nature of the exported goods are not provided publicly. This lack of transparency needs to change.
People search for survivors in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 22, 2023.
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A cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has seen the release of 58 hostages held in Gaza and 111 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
Hams leader Yahya SInwar at a Hamas rally marking Al-Quds Day.
EPA-EFE/Mohammed Saber
Hamas rules Gaza with repression and violence and polls show that it does not have the support of ordinary Palestinians.
A Palestinian boy climbs on a painted wall in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City in 2015.
AP Photo/Hatem Moussa
When people find themselves displaced from their homes, finding or creating beauty can be just as vital as food, water and shelter − and serves as a form of resistance and resilience.
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This would send the message the West’s much-vaunted values and respect for rules are little more than rhetoric. It will also legitimise conquest as an option that goes unpunished.
Left: Families of the hostages during the March for the Hostages on November 18, 2023 in Jerusalem.
Right: Palestinians flee the northern part of the Gaza Strip on November 10, 2023.
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November 21, 2023
Dennis Altman , La Trobe University ; Daniel Heller , Monash University ; Ghassan Hage , The University of Melbourne ; Ian Parmeter , Australian National University ; Jan Lanicek , UNSW Sydney ; Jumana Bayeh , Macquarie University ; Micaela Sahhar , The University of Melbourne ; Ned Curthoys , The University of Western Australia , and Ran Porat , Monash University
With the Israel-Palestine conflict continuing, we asked a range of academics to nominate works that can help explain things.
A wounded Palestinian girl receives treatment at the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
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High levels of diarrhea, scabies and respiratory infections have been reported as bombing campaign progresses – and children are the most vulnerable.
Israeli soldiers patrol the Palestinian Bedouin village of Tala (Thala) in the occupied West Bank on Oct. 26, 2023, after residents were attacked by Israeli settlers the same day.
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While the war in Gaza has riveted public attention, the simultaneous escalation of violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank is not disconnected from the violence in Gaza.
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Bit by bit, the philosopher Rai Gaita showed Maria Tumarkin and Juliet Rogers the morally serious worth of face-to-face conversation.