Children live through the same wars as adults. The effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on children will have long-lasting effects, and underscores the urgency of a peaceful resolution now.
Interfaith, peacebuilding and what can happen when people of different faiths work together.
Palestinian and Israeli members of the Women Wage Peace movement march in Jerusalem in October 2017 to demand a peace deal.
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Nothing seems to have brought a lasting peace to Palestinians and Israelis. Two Middle East scholars suggest approaches different from what has been tried before.
President Trump’s evangelical supporters cheered the 2018 move of of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Ariel Schalit/AP
The political alliance between American evangelicals and Israel’s right wing may have peaked during the Trump administration.
Palestinian university student Mira Krayem, 24, poses for a picture in an alley of the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, on May 21, 2021.
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Marie Kortam, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH)
Paulo Freire’s concept of “conscientization”, or critical consciousness, helps us better understand the lives of young Palestinians, particularly those living in Lebanese refugee camps.
Protesters in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia spread a huge Palestinian flag to show their support.
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Australia has suggested a UNESCO recommendation to list the Great Barrier Reef as ‘in danger’ was motivated by politics. This is hardly the first such accusation levied at the organisation.
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on June 13, 2021.
AP Photo/Ariel Schalit
The accusation of bias is like kryptonite for responsible news organizations: the stronger their piety to the ideal of objectivity, the more vulnerable they are to complaints made in bad faith.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 consecutive years as Israeli prime minister are coming to an end.
Yonatan Sindel/EPA-EFE
Israeli politics are entering a new chapter. Here’s what to expect from the coalition government forming to oust longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Traditional Ramadan meeting place: Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, after police removed barriers.
Ade Ruished
Ritesh Shah, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Palestinian children are resilient, but even they have been tested by the pandemic and now more military conflict. Securing their right to a safe education should be a priority.
A recent Pew survey found that American Jews are increasingly becoming more diverse and politically polarized.
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Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations; Deputy Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL