Palestinian families seeking refuge in makeshift tents in vacant areas in Rafah, Gaza Strip.
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How the media talks about suffering on one side compared with the other can often reveal bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage, writes a scholar of media bias and the Arab world.
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Instead of voting on a ceasefire, the House of Commons descended into furious arguments between MPs and the speaker.
Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque in Gaza, destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike on October 9 2023.
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The bombardment of Gaza is reported to have damaged more than 100 historic sites and destroyed 69,700 homes.
Palestinians tend to the wounded after an Israeli strike hit a building next to Al-Aqsa Hospital in the Gaza Strip on Jan. 10, 2024.
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Just-war theory insists that civilians are not legitimate targets. However, civilian immunity does not provide blanket protection from harm.
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?