Politicians have used their assumptions about Gazans to support their policies. But the people in Gaza experience these policies far differently, writes a scholar of Islamism.
President Biden meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on arriving in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18.
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In this podcast, Kim Beazley joins The Conversation to talk about the Albanese visit and the international situation.
Palestinian and Israeli women activists from the Israeli Women Wage Peace movement and the Palestinian Women of the Sun movement sing and dance during the joint platform inauguration ceremony in Jericho in March 2022.
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The joint Women Wage Peace-Women of the Sun initiative unites Israeli and Palestinian women calling for peace. The international community should elevate their voices.
UN peacekeepers patrol the Israeli-Lebanese border on October 12 2023.
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Jason Hart, University of Bath; Caitlin Procter, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) et Mohammed Alruzzi, University of Bristol
Children living in Gaza have never known anything but deprivation and danger.
The attacks may have reversed a decline in philanthropy seen in recent years.
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Hospitals have been destroyed, and doctors and health care staff killed. Gaza’s health services may take years to recover, warns a Palestinian health specialist.
The closed gates of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Taken on October 10, 2023.
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US president Joe Biden has warned that occupation would be a ‘big mistake’ – and history seems to agree.
Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine demonstrations have been held around the world since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, including these protests in Montréal.
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How should journalists describe Hamas, whose gunmen killed hundreds of Israelis on Oct. 7? The attacks and Israel’s response have renewed a debate about the words used by journalists.
Israeli tanks gather near the border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 13, 2023.
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The US response to 9/11 included a declaration that America would destroy its enemies. The effort took decades, and thousands of lives on both sides, and never really succeeded.
Warring parties are duty-bound to minimize civilian casualties.
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A scholar of the laws of war explores the complex issues raised by Israeli bombing of Gaza in retaliation for the slaughter of its citizens.
Family and friends of those taken hostage by Hamas during an attack on Israel react during a press conference on Oct. 13, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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This unleashing of violence, including the initial acts and the response to them, inevitably leads to war crimes.
People in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023, light candles in memory of civilians and soldiers killed, as well as hostages taken, by Hamas.
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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.
Israeli soldiers head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel on Oct.13.
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It will be painful if Israel and Hamas militants continue to exchange rocket fire and airstrikes. But invading Gaza would increase the devastation even further.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system launches interceptor missiles to shoot down incoming missiles and rockets.
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If Israel’s Iron Dome is the best air defense system in the world, how did so many Hamas missiles get through? An aerospace engineer explains it’s a game of numbers.
Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations; Deputy Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL