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People in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023, light candles in memory of civilians and soldiers killed, as well as hostages taken, by Hamas. Amir Levy/Getty Images

Reflections on hope during unprecedented violence in the Israel-Hamas war

Israel’s war with Hamas is unlike anything Israelis have seen before in some important ways, writes an Israeli filmmaker. But in other ways, it is reminiscent of the distant and not so long ago past.
Palestinian children walk through the rubble of a school run by the United Nations shortly after an Israeli offensive on the night of 8 to 9 October 2023. Mohammed Abed/AFP

How Hamas weaponised Palestinians’ despair

Deprived of viable political alternatives, Gaza residents have increasingly looked to violence as their only salvation from an open air prison.
The century since the first world war is littered with the broken promises of Muslim rulers to bring about a transition to more representative forms of government. AAP/Asmaa Abdelatif

How the political crises of the modern Muslim world created the climate for Islamic State

The rise of Islamic State and its declaration of the caliphate can be read as part of a wider story that has unfolded since the formation of modern nation states in the Muslim world.

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