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Iran’s role in the recent conflict between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah shows how badly western containment policy has failed.
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With the Panama Canal in drought and the Strait of Hormuz also vulnerable to Iran, global trade routes are under severe pressure.
Judges take their seats prior to the hearing of Israel’s defense at the International Court of Justice on Jan. 12, 2024.
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While the International Court of Justice lacks enforcement powers, it can issue orders that could heighten international pressure on Israel to curtail some of its offensive in Gaza.
Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s minister of justice and correctional services (centre), and Palestinian assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi (right, with his head bowed), address the media outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan. 11, 2024.
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Canada doesn’t support the case before the International Court of Justice that Israel is guilty of genocide in its war against Gaza. That’s contrary to its stance on other cases of genocide.
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A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
Show of strength: an image released by the UK ministry of defence, of the Royal Navy responding to the Houthi attack.
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The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have the power to significantly destabilise global trade by endangering maritime activity in the Red Sea.
Divisions: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will find it hard to negotiate a peace deal with support from the extreme right of his cabinet.
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Facing opposition to a peace deal within his own cabinet, Israel’s prime minister will find it difficult to agree an international peace deal and hold on to power.
The Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum are among art institutions that have struggled with responses to the Israel-Hamas war. The Art Gallery of Ontario seen in Toronto in 2008.
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Especially in a time when trust in political leaders and institutions wanes, arts leaders, patrons, policymakers and artists face daunting but critical questions about the value and role of artists.
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Israel’s settler movement, which is already sparking sectarian violence in the West Bank, is laying claim to the Gaza Strip – with support from some senior politicians.
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It appears that, for now at least, Iran is happy to allow Gaza to be the epicentre of Middle East conflict. But all that could change quickly.
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The main stumbling block to Middle East peace is the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Protesters gathered in Seattle, US, calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel conflict, on December 14 2023.
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Numbers of Muslim and Jewish voters in the US, are small, compared to the rest of the population, so their voting patterns are unlikely to change the 2024 election result.
Image released by Houthi rebels apparently showing the hijacking of an Israeli-owned cargo ship near Yemen in the southern Red Sea, November 19, 2023.
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A US-led naval taskforce has deployed in the Red Sea and is considering strikes on rebel positions in Yemen.
Connection between Muslims and non-Muslims on TikTok has created a rare space for empathy to flourish.
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TikTok has seen a spike in posts, livestreams and discussions about the Qur'an, with many citing the displays of Islamic faith they’ve seen in Gazans as their inspiration.
There has been a flood of images on social media about the Israel-Hamas war.
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Social media is designed to keep you engaged by getting a rise out of you, not help you think critically or take effective action on political issues.
People taking part in a demonstration in support of Palestine in Montréal on Oct. 13, 2023.
La Presse canadienne/Graham Hughes
The recent conflict between Israel and Hamas has exacerbated hate crimes in Canada and put Canadian multiculturalism to the test.
Devastation: Much of Gaza has been destroyed by Israel’s relentless assault.
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A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
‘Nowhere is safe,“ Gaza after an Israeli airstrike on December 12.
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Geopolitical concerns have once again brought the UN security council to a standstill.
A shell that appears to be white phosphorus from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese border village with Israel, on October 15.
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The use of such incendiary devices is only legal under very specific circumstances. A careful examination of the evidence is now required.
Display monitors show the result of voting at the United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 12, 2023, in favour of a resolution calling on Israel to uphold legal and humanitarian obligations in its war with Hamas.
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In war time, the type of conflict determines what formal rules of war apply. But how to determine the nature of the conflict?