More than 1,000 literary figures so far have signed an open letter protesting the cancellation of an award ceremony to honour Palestinian writer Adania Shibli.
Palestinian and Israeli women activists from the Israeli Women Wage Peace movement and the Palestinian Women of the Sun movement sing and dance during the joint platform inauguration ceremony in Jericho in March 2022.
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The joint Women Wage Peace-Women of the Sun initiative unites Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace. The international community should elevate their voices.
UN peacekeepers patrol the Israeli-Lebanese border on October 12 2023.
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Jason Hart, University of Bath; Caitlin Procter, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID), and Mohammed Alruzzi, University of Bristol
Children living in Gaza have never known anything but deprivation and danger.
The attacks may have reversed a decline in philanthropy seen in recent years.
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Hospitals have been destroyed, and doctors and health care staff killed. Gaza’s health services may take years to recover, warns a Palestinian health specialist.
The closed gates of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Taken on October 10, 2023.
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US president Joe Biden has warned that occupation would be a ‘big mistake’ – and history seems to agree.
Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine demonstrations have been held around the world since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, including these protests in Montréal.
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How should journalists describe Hamas, whose gunmen killed hundreds of Israelis on Oct. 7? The attacks and Israel’s response have renewed a debate about the words used by journalists.
Israeli tanks gather near the border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 13, 2023.
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The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of lives on both sides, and never really succeeded.
Warring parties are duty-bound to minimize civilian casualties.
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A scholar of the laws of war explores the complex issues raised by Israeli bombing of Gaza in retaliation for the slaughter of its citizens.
Family and friends of those taken hostage by Hamas during an attack on Israel react during a press conference on Oct. 13, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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It will be painful if Israel and Hamas militants continue to exchange rocket fire and airstrikes. But invading Gaza would increase the devastation even further.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system launches interceptor missiles to shoot down incoming missiles and rockets.
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If Israel’s Iron Dome is the best air defense system in the world, how did so many Hamas missiles get through? An aerospace engineer explains it’s a game of numbers.
New Zealand must be even-handed in its response to the catastrophe unfolding in Israel and Gaza, while still trying to keep hope of peace alive.
Israeli soldiers move past a military medical vehicle on Oct. 10, 2023, at Kfar Aza, a kibbutz where Hamas militants killed Israelis days before.
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Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have a central organization coordinating all intelligence.
To understand what is currently happening in Israel and Palestine, it is essential to understand the characteristics and motivations of a terrorist organisation like Hamas.
Cars lined up for gasoline in New Jersey in 1973 as supplies ran low and prices shot upward.
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