Rather than transform Israel into an undemocratic ‘apartheid’ state, the new nation-state law is more likely to ensure that Israel can’t be transformed into a liberal democracy or binational state.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during a meeting with the Russian president at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 14, 2018.
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Saudi Arabia portrays itself as a leading supporter of humanitarian aid, especially to the Palestinians, but the country’s leadership has an ambivalent strategy towards the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Palestinian protesters run for cover from Israeli teargas in May.
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Brian Grodsky, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Vladimir Putin’s recent re-election was bad news for democracy in Russia. And it’s a major loss in the struggle for liberalism, as anti-democratic leaders are assuming power across the globe.
Iranian protestors burn a representation of a U.S. flag during a gathering after their Friday prayer in Tehran, Friday, May 11, 2018. Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in cities across the country to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with world powers.
(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
President Donald Trump’s move to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal has been met with dismay by the Europeans. But could his high-stakes gambit actually work in getting a better deal?
An interactive documentary maps the lives of Palestinians in a Jerusalem neighbourhood.
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A documentary filmmaker discusses her work which looks at the erased history of Palestinians in a Jerusalem neighbourhood in order to point to the possibility of a shared Jewish/Arab future.
As Israel approaches the 70th anniversary of its establishment, many older American Jews will be celebrating. Many younger ones will wonder whether the Jewish state is something to celebrate at all.
An Israeli F-16 pilot prepares for a drill.
EPA/Abir Sultan
Israel’s prime minister failed to undermine the validity of Iran’s nuclear deal, and instead ended up demonstrating just how important it is.
In this 2012 file photo, African refugees sit on the ground behind a border fence after they attempted to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel as Israeli soldiers stand guard near the border with Egypt, in southern Israel.
(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
As many as 38,000 refugees live in Israel with no rights or status. Israel’s government and international communities need to come up with a viable solution.
Mike Pompeo was confirmed as U.S. secretary of state on April 26.
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The new secretary of state once called the Iran nuclear deal ‘unconscionable.’ If he supports Trump’s instinct to scrap the agreement on May 12, it could unleash violence across the volatile Mideast.
Sara Netanyahu asked Lucy Turnbull to help and remedy the live export situation.
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On Friday the Agriculture department announced it had suspended the supply of sheep to a Qatar abattoir after seeing footage provided by Animals Australia.
A protest in Jerusalem on April 3 against the deportation of African asylum seekers from Israel.
Abir Sultan/EPA
A day after agreeing a deal on resettling African asylum seekers with the UNHCR rather than forcibly deporting them, Israel announced the deal was off.
Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in an Israeli settlement near Jerusalem in 2017.
AP Photo/Oded Balilty
The Trump administration may believe they have the key to an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement – when others have failed. But it ignores how Israelis and Palestinians feel about such an agreement.