Prisoner swap: Palestinians being released in Ramallah, West Bank as part of a humanitarian pause deal in November 2023.
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The prisoner-hostage exchanges mean a huge amount to both sides of the conflict.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
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History tells us that the White House and the Pentagon have been able to wield a degree of influence over Israel’s decision-making.
Under pressure: Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
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Egypt would be seriously destabilised by hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Gaza.
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The Israeli peace movement has been demoralised by the lack of support from the progressive left.
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The world’s attention has largely moved on from the Hamas attack on October 7. But in Israel, the atrocities are still front and centre – while the destruction in Gaza is largely absent.
Displaced Gazan children wait in line to receive food.
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Arable land has been destroyed, as have food production sites. But even before the current operation in Gaza, Palestinians there suffered high rates of food insecurity.
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The UK government needs to define its goals and the scope of its involvement in a campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Fordson High School girls basketball team in Dearborn includes many players who wear the traditional hijab for modesty.
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The city often becomes a magnet for anti-Arab sentiment during election years and global conflicts; however, the more interesting story is what happens in the city when the spotlight is turned off.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably feels he has no choice, from a political perspective, but to continue prosecuting the war in the same manner.
Scholars say Israel is intentionally destroying education and cultural institutions in Gaza. Here smoke rises following Israeli bombardments in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 17, 2024.
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Scholars say Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s schools, universities and museums are part of an ongoing project to destroy Palestinian people, identity and ideas.
‘Pressure cooker of despair’: Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza Strip’s border with Egypt.
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A selection of analysis from our coverage of the war in Gaza over the past fortnight.
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Netanyahu has rejected the latest peace deal and vowed to continue until Israel achieves ‘total victory’.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Much of the world already recognises Palestinian statehood. But recognition by the US and UK would be a hugely important decision.
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The Biden administration has calibrated its strikes so as not to provoke a wider armed conflict in the region.